Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo ( Tib. ' jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po, Tibetan: འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེའི་དབང་པོ, * in 1820 in Derge, † 1892 ) was a master of Tibetan Buddhism. His education began in the Sakya tradition, later he received teachings of many great teachers from all the major Buddhist school traditions of Tibet.

Establishment of the Rime movement

Together with the master Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye and Ugyen Lingpa Choggyur he founded the Rime movement. Rime in Tibet was the epitome of a cross-school, ecumenical perspective that made ​​it his goal to overcome the sectarian divisiveness of various schools to each other and to preserve many rare transmission lines before the decline.

In this context, the master of the movement gathered up all the teachings of the various schools and lineages and transferred it to their students.

Activity as Tertön

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo was also one of the so-called " Five Great Tertön Kings", one of the greatest explorers of the hidden by Guru Rinpoche and his closest disciples in the 8th and 9th century spiritual teachings.

Subsequent reincarnations

According to the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism were the famous master Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro (1896-1959), and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991) incarnations of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.