'jam mgon kong sprul
'jam mgon kong sprul
Names[edit]
Tibetan: འཇམ་མགོན་ཀོང་སྤྲུལ་
Wylie:
- Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye
- blo gros mtha' yas
- 'jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas
- yon tan rgya mtsho
- 'jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas yon tan rgya mtsho
- ku sA li blo gros mtha' yas
- pad+ma gar dbang blo gros mtha' yas
- pad+ma gar dbang phrin las 'gro 'dul rtsal
- karma ngag dbang yon tan rgya mtsho blo gros mtha' yas
- 'jam mgon chos kyi rgyal po - Syn. for Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye (from rangjung yeshe)
- karma ngag dbang yon tan rgya mtsho phrin las kun khyab dpal bzang po
- ku sA li karma ngag dbang yon tan rgya mtsho phrin las kun khyab dpal bzang po
Other Transliterations in use:
- Jamgon Kongtrul
- Jamgön Kongtrül
- Lodro Thaye
- Lodrö Thayé
- Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye
- Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé
- Yonten Gyatso
- Yönten Gyatso
- Kusali Lodro Thaye
- Padma Garwang
- Tertön name: Padma / Chimey Tennyi Yungdrung Lingpa.
- Padma Garwang Lodro Thaye
- Padma Garwang Trinley Drodul Tsal
- Karma Ngawang Yonten Gyatso Lodro Thaye
- Jamgön Chökyi Gyalpo
Dates[edit]
Born: 1813 at rong rgyab
Died: 1899
Affiliation[edit]
Other Biographical Information[edit]
Biography from kagyuoffice.org
Biography from jamgonkongtrul.org
Noted that kong sprul received the bka' ma transmission of the rgyud bzhi from 'dzi sgar mchog sprul phrin las lhun grub bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan.
The founder of the ris med tradition together with 'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po and mchog gyur bde chen gling pa. They brought forth a revival of Buddhist culture in eastern Tibet.
Kongtrul the Great was born into a bon po family.
His father was killed in one of the many wars that raged in khams during the times.
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
Writings[edit]
the writings of 'jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas. what are included in the writings of 'jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas: the five treasuries (mdzod lnga) include: 1) the rin chen gter mdzod; these volumes include the master's anthology of important examples of the rediscovered teachings of the rnying ma gter ma tradition arranged by the structure of the initiation and functional topic. these sections include 'jam mgon kong sprul's writings on the rnying ma gter ma tradition; W20578 in 111 volumes W3JW2898 in 70 unicode input volumes
2) the gdams ngag mdzod; these volumes include W21811 in 12 v. (1971-1982) W20877 in 18 v. (1979-1981) W23605 in 18 v. (1999)
3) the bka' brgyud sngags mdzod w20875 in 6 v. (1974-1975) W20876 in 18 v. (1982)
4) the shes bya mdzod or shes bya kun khyab;
5) the rgya chen bka' mdzod (sometimes called the thun mong ma yin pa'i mdzod)
6) the essential treatises: two commentaries on the hevajratantra, the ratnagotravibhaga, and a commentary on the zab mo nang don;
7) the two volume gsan yig or record of teachings received W29706 2 v. (n.d.)
8) larger commentaries on various rnying ma gter ma revelations not found in the rin chen gter mdzod but included in collections of the teachings of the gter ston like rat+na gling pa W21730 in collections