Longchen Rabjam

Longchen Rabjam ( Tib .: klong chen rab 'byams ; also: Longchenpa , Tib .: klong chen pa ; * 1308 ; † 1363 ) was the most important scholar and realized master of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .

Longchenpa in his meditation posture

Transmission of the Great Perfection

Longchenpa was ordained in Samye in 1319 . He was a student of the Dzogchen master Lama Kumaraja , who, looking for no permanent residence , traveled with his students through Tibet , often under the harshest conditions . Lama Kumaraja recognized early on that Longchenpa would be his most important disciple and gave him the Dzogchen teachings of the "Heart Essence of Vimalamitra " (Vima Nyingthik). Guru Rinpoche gave Longchenpa Dzogchen teachings of the "Heart Essence of the Dakinis " (Khandro Nyingthik). Dzogchen refers to the highest teachings that lead directly to the experience of enlightenment, which are taught especially in the Nyingma school. Longchenpa was also a student and teacher of various masters of the traditions of the "New Translations" ( Sarma ). He imparted the Dzogchen teachings of "Vima-Nyingthik" to the 3rd Karmapa Rangjung Dorje and in return received the transmission of various Tantras of the New Traditions from him.

Works and work

Longchen Rabjam's scholarship related to all areas of Sutra and Tantra , in particular he is known for his writings on the teachings of Dzogchen, the "Great Perfection". His best known writings are the " Seven Treasures " (Dzö thin; Tib .: klong chen mdzod bdun ), the three "Cycles of Relaxation" (Ngalso Korsum; Tib .: ngal gso skor gsum ), the three "Cycles of natural liberation" (Rangdröl Korsum; Tib .: rang grol skor gsum ) and the texts on the "Four Branches of Heart Essence" (Nyingtik Yabshi; Tib .: snying thig ya bzhi ). Centuries later, the Nyingma master Jigme Lingpa (1729–1798), inspired by Longchenpa, combined the different branches of the Nyingma Dzogchen transmission into a unified teaching system, which has since been called Longchen Nyingthik ("Heart Essence of the Wide Dimension") in an uninterrupted manner Line is carried over to the present day.

Longchenpa is a Nyingma master and the founder of the tradition of the undogmatic Tibetan Vajrayana . He summarized the many techniques of the founding father of the Nyingmas Padmasambhava in one teaching.

Longchenpa first lived as a free yogi until he reached enlightenment . Then he worked as a spiritual master and established the teaching of the three great pleasures . It is good to live as a yogi and to attain enlightenment quickly. It is good to be an enlightened master because then you can help many people spiritually. And it is good to die enlightened, because then one lives on forever in light ( nirvana ).

Works

• klong chen bka '' bum (Collected Works of Longchen Rabjam), Derge

literature

• Longchen Rabjam, Richard Barron (transl.): The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding . Padma Publishing, 1998, ISBN 1-881847-09-8 .
• Longchen Rabjam, Richard Barron (transl.): Precious Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena . Padma Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1-881847-32-2 .
• Longchen Rabjam, Richard Barron (transl.): A Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission . Padma Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1-881847-30-6 .
• Longchen Rabjam, Namkhai Norbu , Elio Guarisco (eds.): Longchenpa's Advice from the Heart . Shang Shung Edizioni, 2008, ISBN 8878341029 .
• Longchenpa, Kennard Lipman (transl.): You Are the Eyes of the World . (trans of Kun byed rgyal po by Kennard Lipman & Merrill Peterson and with an introduction by Namkhai Norbu) Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca-New York 2000, ISBN 1-55939-140-5 .
• Klong-chen rab-'byams-pa, Herbert V. Guenther ( transl .): Looking Deeper: A Swan's Questions and Answers . Timeless Books, 1993, ISBN 0-931454-09-3 .
• Longchen Rabjampa, Alexander Berzin (transl.): The Four-Themed Precious Garland: An Introduction to Dzogchen . LTWA, 1978 (with comments by Dudjom Rinpoche and Beru Khyentse Rinpoche)
• Longchen Rabjam, Tulku Thondup (transl.): The Practice of Dzogchen . Snow Lion, 2002, ISBN 1-55939-179-0 ;
  • in German: Buddha nature - Dzogchen in practice. Opus Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-939699-04-0 .
• Herbert V. Guenther: Kindly Bent to Ease Us . Dharma Publishing, 1975/76, vols. 1-3
• Keith Dowman: Old Man Basking In the Sun: Longchenpa's Treasury of Natural Perfection . Vajra Publications, 2006, ISBN 99946-644-9-2 .
• Patrul Rinpoche : The Words of my Consummate Teacher - Teachings on the Preparatory Exercises of the Heart Essence of the Wide Dimension . Arbor Verlag, Freiamt 2001, ISBN 3-924195-72-2 .
• Longchenpa, Christian Bertrand: 'In the light of original Buddhahood'. The Dzogchen teachers of Longchenpa. Marie Zarwell Verlag 2011. ISBN 978-3-936904-59-8

Web links

• Literature by and about Longchen Rabjam in the catalog of the German National Library
• The Greatness of the Omniscient Longchen Rabjam by Khenpo Shenga
• dri med 'od zer - klong chen rab' byams. In: Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
• Buddhist Community Longchen eV

Longchen Rabjam (alternative names of the lemma)
klong chen rab 'byams pa dri med' od zer, Longchen Rabjampa Drime Öser, Longqing Raojiangba Zhimei Ouse 隆庆 饶 绛 巴 • 智 美欧 色, Longchen Rabjam; Longchen Rapjampa