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Brief Biography of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo the Great

by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche

Jamyang Khyentse was born in the region of Yaru Khyungchen Drak in Dilgo in Derge, East Tibet, on the fifth day of the sixth Tibetan month of the Iron Dragon year during the fourteenth sexagenary cycle.

After realizing that his guru, Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo.

After realizing that his guru, Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo.

Jamgon Kongtrul was a polymath, dedicated retreatant, ritual expert, writer, and teacher from the eastern Tibetan kingdom of Derge.

He is recognized as the third incarnation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (–92), founder of the Khyentse lineage, and the immediate incarnation.

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo traveled for thirteen years throughout Central and Eastern Tibet in order to collect the texts and receive the transmissions for the.

This study examines the Karmapa's life with a particular focus on Tibetan agency in the transmission of Tibetan Buddhism to the West.

His father was Rinchen Namgyal, a secretary in Derge belonging to the Nyö clan, and a descendant of Drikung Changchub Lingpa. His mother Sönam Tso was a daughter of Gerab Nyerchen Göntse of the Sogmo family.

Jamyang Khyentse learnt to read at the age of four or five, and from an early age his intelligence grew so keen he was able to master reading, writing and other skills without any difficulty.

At twelve, he was recognized by Thartse Khenchen Jampa Kunga Tendzin as the incarnation of the great khenpo of Evaṃ Tharpatse, Jampa Namkha Chime, and he was given the name Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Kunga Tenpe Gyaltsen Palzangpo.

At twenty-one, he received full ord