Jamgon Kongtrul

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Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé (T. jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas འཇམ་མགོན་ཀོང་སྤྲུལ་བློ་གྲོས་མཐའ་ཡས་)(1813–1899), also known as Jamgön Kongtrül the Great, was a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, poet, artist, physician, tertön and polymath.[1][2] He was one of the most prominent Tibetan Buddhists of the 19th century and he is credited as one of the founders of the Rimé movement, compiling a collection of encyclopedic works known as the Five Treasuries.[3]

He achieved great renown as a scholar and writer, especially among the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages, and composed over 90 volumes of Buddhist writing,[3] including his magnum opus, The Treasury of Knowledge.

He was a contemporary of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Lingpa, whom he collaborated with on dharma activities.

Further reading

Notes

  1. ↑ Jackson, Roger R., The Tibetan Leonardo, 2012, https://www.lionsroar.com/the-tibetan-leonardo/
  2. ↑ Ringu Tulku 2006, Jamgon Kongtrul.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jamgön Kongtrul 2003, Introduction.

Sources

  • Jamgön Kongtrul (2003), Myriad Worlds, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book One, translated by Kalu Rinpoche Translation Group, Snow Lion 
  • Ringu Tulku (2006), The Ri-Me Philosophy of Jamgon Kungtrul the Great, Shambhala