Report December 2021
In 2021 we published 22 texts, of which 12 texts were revealed or composed by the great tertön Jigme Lingpa himself, and the rest by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and others. Some of our major publications for this year included Getse Mahapandita’s catalogue of Jigme Lingpa’s collected works, the Precise Discernment of Dharmas: A Catalogue of the Complete Collected Works of the Omniscient King of Dharma, Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa and Jigme Lingpa’s Skull Fragments: The Root Tantra of the Vidyādharas and The Words of the Awesome Ones: A General Overview of the Three Yogas.
In December, upon request we published a concise practice of the peaceful and wrathful deities by the First Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer, Highway of the Great Yoga: A Daily Practice for the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Self-Liberated Wisdom Mind. This short daily practice takes the famous treasure revelations of the tertön Karma Lingpa as its basis and is widely used within the Longchen Nyingtik tradition.
Our last text for this year was a very special and profound one: The Words of the Awesome Ones: A General Overview of the Three Yogas, from the Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse, by Jigme Lingpa. This fundamental text contains a dense and terse summary of the view of the three inner tantras of Mahāyoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga. It explains the approach, close approach, accomplishment and great accomplishment phases, elucidates important terms such as the three objects, the three enemies, and the three ravines, and it shows how each of the inner tantras defeats the four demons. In recent times, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche has written a commentary on the Palchen Düpa, in which he quotes and explains large sections of the Words of the Awesome Ones. In the tradition of Dodrupchen monastery, it is taught to those who do strict retreat, but only to those who have the capacity. Which brings us, once again, to our tantric text warning: Vajrayāna Buddhism places restrictions on the reading and practice of certain texts, which are intended only for those who have received the requisite empowerments, transmissions and instructions. If you are unsure as to whether you are entitled to read or practice a particular text please consult a qualified lineage-holder.
On our blog we highlighted an interview with Kilung Rinpche that the people of Wisdom had with Kilung Rinpoche in 2018. He talks about Jigme Lingpa, the revelation of the Longchen Nyingtik, Jigme Ngotsar and the founding of Kilung Monastery, his special yidam deity of Vajrakilaya, the style of meditation particular to these Dzogchen teachings and their relevance for the modern age, the Longchen Nyingtik Ngondro, and many other things.
In a blog on the stupa at Yangleshö with relics of Jigme Lingpa we published some new pictures of this holy site. The stupa depicted contains many relics, including a finger bone of the Omniscient Jigme Lingpa.
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