Khyung sprul pad+ma dbang chen bstan 'dzin phrin las

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ཁྱུང་སྤྲུལ་པདྨ་དབང་ཆེན་བསྟན་འཛིན་ཕྲིན་ལས་

Wylie	khyung sprul pad+ma dbang chen bstan 'dzin phrin las
English Phonetics	Khyungtrul Pema Wangchen Tendzin Trinle

Dates

Birth:	1870
Death:	1930
Place of birth:	khyung po

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Gender
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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

Day
Month
Gender
Element
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Rab Jyung

About

Biographical Information

Khyungtrul Pema Wangchen Tendzin Trinley (1870-?) was born in the khyung po area of eastern Tibet, met Dza Patrul Rinpoche, Orgyen Jigme Chokyi Wangpo (dpal sprul o rgyan 'jigs med chos kyi dbang po, 1808-1887), and his main teachers were Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo ('jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po, 1820-1892) and Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye ('jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas, 1813-1899). He later became an influential teacher in central Tibeta where he gave the transmission of the rin chen gter mdzod chen mo and other major rnying ma teachings. He was also a treasure discoverer (gter ston). (Source: Khyung sprul pad+ma dbang chen bstan 'dzin phrin las kyi rnam thar: The Autobiography of Khyung Sprul Padma Dbang Chen Bstan 'Dzin Phrin Las. Delhi: Shechen Publications, 1995.)

Links

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The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.