A King of Dharma Forgotten on the Jewel Island: Was Me ban Chos rgyal Rin chen gling pa Rig ’dzin rGod ldem’s rDzogs chen Master? (How Half of the mKha’ ’gro snying thig Got Included in the dGongs pa zang thal) - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
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A King of Dharma Forgotten on the Jewel Island: Was Me ban Chos rgyal Rin chen gling pa Rig ’dzin rGod ldem’s rDzogs chen Master? (How Half of the mKha’ ’gro snying thig Got Included in the dGongs pa zang thal)

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We do not have many clues about the masters who trained Rig ’dzin rGod ldem (1337–1408) in his youth. Gu ru bKra shis’s History of the Dharma, as well as later literature do not say much on this point. The oldest source about rGod ldem’s life, the biography written by his direct disciple Nyi ma bzang po, gives us a few of these names, but at first sight these are completely obscure even for a specialist of the rNying ma school in the 14th century—and the same could be said of the few additional names that can be gleaned from other sources. Nyi ma bzang po writes that Rig ’dzin rGod ldem got trained in his family circle for the traditions of his clan (pha chos), and names the masters who gave him the transmissions of Nyang ral Nyi ma ’od zer’s and Gu ru Chos dbang’s gter ma; but he also tells us that he was taught rDzogs chen by a master that he calls Brag lung pa mkhas btsun Rin chen dpal. This article is an attempt to identify this figure. To cut the suspense short, my conclusion is that there is a very high probability that Rig ’dzin rGod ldem’s rDzogs chen master was in fact Me ban Rin chen gling pa (1289–1368), a gter ston nowadays quiteforgotten but definitely very important in his day: He played a decisive role in the transmission, and maybe even in the revelation, of the Heart-essence of the Ḍākinī (mKha’ ’gro’i snying thig).
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Arguillère Daniel Stéphane. A King of Dharma Forgotten on the Jewel Island: Was Me ban Chos rgyal Rin chen gling pa Rig ’dzin rGod ldem’s rDzogs chen Master? (How Half of the mKha’ ’gro snying thig Got Included in the dGongs pa zang thal). Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines, 2024, For a Critical History of the Northern Treasures 2, 68. ⟨hal-04546077⟩
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