'jam mgon kong sprul

Names[edit]

Tibetan: འཇམ་མགོན་ཀོང་སྤྲུལ་
Wylie:

Other Transliterations in use:

Dates[edit]

Born: 1813 at rong rgyab
Died: 1899

Affiliation[edit]

Other Biographical Information[edit]

TBRC RID: P264

Biography from kagyuoffice.org

Biography from kagyu.org

Biography from jamgonkongtrul.org

From Rangjung yeshe: Also known as Lodrö Thaye, Yönten Gyatso, Padma Garwang and by his tertön name Padma / Chimey Tennyi Yungdrung Lingpa. He was one of the most prominent Buddhist masters in the 19th century and placed special focus upon a non-sectarian attitude. Renowned as an accomplished master, scholar and writer, he authored more than 100 volumes of scriptures. The most well known are his Five Treasuries, among which are the 63 volumes of the Rinchen Terdzö, the terma literature of the one hundred great tertöns [ry]

Main Students[edit]

blo bzang chos 'byor lhun grub
mi pham rgya mtsho
blo gter dbang po
ngag dbang dam chos rgya mtsho
Fifteenth Karmapa Khakhyab Dorje (mkha' khyab rdo rje)
shAkya shrI
thub bstan chos kyi rdo rje
chos kyi rgya mtsho
ngag dbang legs pa
bkra shis 'od zer
bsod nams chos 'grub
kun bzang rnam rgyal
thub bstan rgyal mtshan 'od zer
shes rab chos kyi snang ba
mdo sngags bstan 'dzin
rig 'dzin gar gyi dbang phyug
nor bu bstan 'dzin
o rgyan bstan 'dzin
karma nges don snying po
kun dga' nges don zhabs pa
mi pham chos kyi byams pa
ngag dbang chos 'phel
'dzong bo skyabs mgon
karma chos kyi nyin byed
thub bstan legs bshad bzang po
bkra shis chos 'phel
thub bstan snyan grags
padma theg mchog bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan
bstan 'dzin grags pa
'gro 'dul dpa' bo rdo rje
'jigs med bstan pa'i nyi ma
pad+ma rnam rgyal
o rgyan 'jigs bral chos dbyings rdo rje
gzu ru dkon mchog bstan 'dzin

Main Teachers[edit]

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
'gyur med mthu stobs rnam rgyal
Ninth Tai Situpa Pema Nyinje Wangpo (pad+ma nyin byed dbang po)
Fourteenth Karmapa Tekchok Dorje (theg mchog rdo rje)
mchog gyur gling pa
mi 'gyur dbang rgyal
nges don bstan pa rab rgyas
gtsug lag chos kyi rgyal po
bsod nams blo gros
karma theg mchog bstan 'phel
sgrub brgyud bstan 'dzin 'phrin las
ye shes nyi ma
pad+ma bstan 'phel
karma gzhan phan 'od zer
karma nor bu
karma 'od gsal 'gyur med
'gyur med bstan 'dzin 'phel rgyas
rig 'dzin rgya mtsho
mdo sngags bstan 'dzin
dbang chen dgyes rab rdo rje
thub bstan rgyal mtshan
mi 'gyur nam mkha'i rdo rje tshe dbang grub pa rtsal

Quotes[edit]

Writings About 'jam mgon kong sprul[edit]

From TBRC:

'dus shes gsum ldan spong ba pa'i gzugs brnyen pad+ma gar gyi dbang phyug phrin las 'gro 'dul rtsal gyi rtogs pa brjod pa dum bu smrig rgyu'i bdud rtsi
blo gros mtha' yas gtso bor bzhugs pa'i rgya mtsho lnga'i dkyil 'khor chen po mchod cing sgrub pa'i rim pa rnam grol mchog ster - paro lama ngodrup 1979-1981
phyogs med ris med kyi bstan pa la 'dren shing dge sbyong gi gzugs brnyan 'chang ba blo gros mtha' yas kyi sde'i 'byung ba brjod pa nor bu sna tshogs mdog can
phyogs med ris med kyi bstan pa la 'dren shing dge sbyong gi gzugs brnyan 'chang ba blo gros mtha' yas kyi sde'i 'byung ba brjod pa nor bu sna tshogs mdog can Ithaca, n.y. snow lion publications 2003
rgya chen bka' mdzod kyi dkar chag
rje kun gzigs 'jam mgon ngag gi dbang phyug yon tan rgya mtsho'i zhabs kyi 'das rjes kyi rnam par thar pa ngo mtshar nor bu'i snang ba