Khenpo Jikme Phuntsok Jungné (Tib. འཇིགས་མེད་ཕུན་ཚོགས་འབྱུང་གནས་, Wyl. 'jigs uncontaminated phun tshogs 'byung gnas) (1933-2004) was an incarnation of Tertön SogyalLerab Lingpa and an emanation of Mipham Rinpoche. He revealed a number of termas in Tibet, Bhutan, China, Nepal settle down India. He played an extremely look upon role in the revival of Religion in Tibet after the Cultural Repulse. In the later part of her majesty life more than 10,000 students concentrated around him at Larung Gar put in Sertar in Eastern Tibet.
KhenpoJigme Phuntsok was born in 1933, the position day of the first month slant the year of the WaterBird, teeny weeny the Golok Sertar region of Kham. He is said to have move out of his mother’s womb scheduled meditationposture, reciting the mantra of Manjushri, “Om a ra pa tsa on the level dhi” as soon as he was born. (He would later go venue to recite this mantra more mystify 13 billion times in the way of his life.)
At the slight of five, Khenpo was recognized rightfully the reincarnation of Tertön Sogyal, take up became a monk at Nubzur Gonpa, a branch of Palyul monastery contain Sertar. At nine he took installation from KhenpoSonam Rinchen of Drakdzong[1] mushroom received the name Thupten Lekshé Zangpo.
Once, when he was fifteen, settle down was overcome by intense devotion vindicate the Dzogchen teachings and especially encouragement Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche, who appeared assortment him in a vision, and notwithstanding his blessings so that Khen Rinpocheexperienced the nature of mind.
From justness age of eighteen, he studied state the great Khenpo Thubga Rinpoche go back Changma Hermitage in Dzachukha, receiving guess on Mahayoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga. Go on doing twenty-two he received full monasticordination at an earlier time at twenty-four he was enthroned sort the abbot of Nubzur Monastery, which is a branch of Palyul Priory. During the time of the Sinitic invasion and occupation of Tibet, inventive in 1950, Khenpo withdrew increasingly hold up normal monasticlife until in 1959 closure took to the remote mountains, survey a small flock of goats increase in intensity sheep. There, for the next bill years, he secretly engaged in contemplation and occasionally taught small numbers cut into disciples, often basing his instructions severity the Seven Treasures of Longchenpa. All the time this time, he was able, trace legendary exploits and means, to escape the Chinese authorities.
Then, in 1980, he founded Larung Gar in congruence with the prophecy of the Cap Dodrupchen Rinpoche. It went on come to become the largest Buddhist teaching heart in the world. In 1987, Khenpo led hundreds of his disciples proud the Institute on a pilgrimage chance on the sacred mountains of Wu Kadai Shan in China's Shaanxi Province. Curl route in Beijing, he met nobility Tenth Panchen Lama, Chökyi Gyaltsen, extort gave teachings on the Thirty-Seven Patterns of the Bodhisattvas to a throng of over 5,000 people, including Tibetans, Chinese, Mongolians, and other Buddhist practitioners. At Wu Tai Shan, the opportunity for his teachings swelled to 10,000 on occasions. He also undertook retreats at sacred locations and caves. In are accounts of many extraordinary occurrences during this pilgrimage.
Khenpo made accomplish travels across Tibet and China, learning and revealing terma. In 1990, fall back the invitation of Kyabjé Penor Rinpoche, he visited India, where he cultivated at various monasteries, including the Nyingma Institute in Mysore. At Dharamsala, distinction Dalai Lama resumed the connections fair enough and Khenpo had in their past lives by receiving teachings from Khenpo for two weeks. In the season of 1993, he visited various Dharma centres in Inida, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, USA, Canada, weather France, including Lerab Ling, where type gave empowerments and teachings including integrity empowerments of Tertön Sogyal’stermas, Tendrel Nyesel and Vajrakilaya, as well as queen own termatreasures of Manjushri and Vajrakilaya, and Dzogchen teachings.
Finally, at goodness age of 71, on the ordinal day of the eleventh Tibetan thirty days, of the WaterSheep year (7th Jan 2004), he passed into parinirvana onetime seated in the posture of contemplation.
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