Celebrate Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's 200th Birthday Online With Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, www.himalayanart.org

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche will give an online teaching on Manjushri on July 25, followed by a global recitation of Chanting the Names of Manjushri in celebration of the 200th birthday of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892.)

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's reincarnations included Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893-1959.) Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö's reincarnation, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, was born in 1961.

Manjushri teaching and global recitation, Khyentse Foundation e-newsletter.

The Event

The Khyentse Foundation's July 21, 2020 e-newsletter says, "Khyentse Foundation and Siddhartha's Intent invite you to join our global sangha on July 25 to celebrate the 200th birthday of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, cofounder of Rimé movement and one of the most renowned Buddhist masters of the 19th century.

"Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche has agreed to give a 30 to 45 minute teaching on Manjushri at the start of the event, followed by a global online recitation of Mañjushri-Nama-Samgiti (Chanting the Names of Mañjushri). At Rinpoche’s request, we will follow a classical chant in the Newari tradition, which has been specifically recorded for this event.

"The Mañjushri-Nama-Samgiti (Chanting the Names of Mañjushri) is a tantra of the nondual (advaya) class, along with tantras such as the Kalachakra Tantra. Buddha taught the Nama-Samgiti to his disciple Vajrapani and his wrathful retinue in order to lead them to enlightenment. Although it is a short text of only 167 verses, it summarizes all the Buddha's teachings. As the Buddha said, "It is the chief clarification of words. It is the nondual reality. Therefore, all sentient beings should definitely study and recite the Mañjushri-Nama-Samgiti."

"Even though Nama-Samgiti is a tantric text, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo explained that it may also be recited by "beginners who do not practice the profound yoga ... who wish to recite the tantra as a praise to Mañjushri’s formidable qualities."

"We will hold the event on Zoom and livestream it through YouTube. We expect the whole event to last about 2 hours."

Manjushri teaching and global recitation, www.khyentsefoundation.org.

Schedule

July 25, 2020

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche's teaching will start at 4:30 PM IST.

(July 25 at 4:00 AM PT)

The event is expected to end at about 6:30 PM IST.

(July 25 at 6:00 AM PT)

Watch the Livestream

Watch the livestream "Manjushri Teaching and Global Recitation | 文殊菩薩開示曁《聖妙吉祥真實名經》全球持誦" on the Khyentse Foundation YouTube channel.

Visit the Siddhartha's Intent Mixlr page during the livestream for live English translation.

Visit the SI Translations' Mixlr page during the livestream for live Portuguese translation.

Download the "Manjushri-Nama-Samgiti Text" for free in Sanskrit, English, Chinese, or Tibetan from www.khyentsefoundation.org.

Check KF website, Facebook, and Instagram accounts for any last-minute updates.

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, www.rigpawiki.org.

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Wikipedia says, "Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (Tibetan: འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེའི་དབང་པོ, 1820–1892), also known by his tertön title, Pema Ösel Dongak Lingpa, was a renowned teacher, scholar and tertön of 19th-century Tibet. He was a leading figure in the Rimé movement.

"Having seen how the Gelug institutions pushed the other traditions into the corners of Tibet's cultural life, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé compiled together the teachings of the Sakya, Kagyu and Nyingma, including many near-extinct teachings, thus creating the Rimé movement."

The article continues, "Several tulkus of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, including those of body (sku), speech (gsung), mind (thugs), qualities (yon tan) and activity (Wylie: 'phrin las), were recognized in Tibet. Of these, the body incarnation was Dzongsar Khyentse Jamyang Chökyi Wangpo, who was enthroned at Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's main seat at Dzongsar Monastery but died in an accident c. 1909. The activity incarnation Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, who was originally enthroned at Katok Monastery succeeded him. The speech incarnation was the Second Beru Khyentse and the mind incarnation Dilgo Khyentse. Since the early 1960s, Dilgo Khyentse, single-handedly upholding the unique tradition of Khyentse incarnations, propagated Buddhism tirelessly in India, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, and the West."

Read a longer account of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's life on www.treasuryoflives.org.

Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro, www.khyentsefoundation.org.

Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

Wikipedia says, "Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (c. 1893 – 1959) was a Tibetan lama, a master of many lineages, and a teacher of many of the major figures in 20th-century Tibetan Buddhism. Though he died in 1959 in Sikkim, and is not so well known in the West; he was a major proponent of the Rimé movement within Tibetan Buddhism, and had a profound influence on many of the Tibetan lamas teaching today.

"He was born in 1893 at Sa-ngen or Rekhe Ajam near Katok Monastery in Kham south of Derge. His father was Gyurme Tsewang Gyatso of Amdo and was considered to be a tantric master. His mother was Tsultrim Tso, granddaughter of Wangchen Tenzin, King of Lingtsang.

"In 1900, at age seven, he was brought to Kathok Monastery and Kathok Situ Chökyi Gyatso recognized him ceremonially as the action emanation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, the great Rimé master of 19th-century Tibet. In the following years of his youth he was tutored by Khenpo Thupten in grammar, astrology, Sanskrit and Buddhist texts. By the time he was thirteen he had received the transmission of the Longchen Nyingthig- the Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse, the Nyingthig Yabzhi - Four Branches of Heart Essence, and the pointing-out instruction to Dzogchen.

"When he was fifteen he moved to Dzongsar Monastery, the seat of the previous Khyentse Wangpo. He studied abhidharma and Madhyamaka philosophy and soon began teaching Buddhist canonical texts to several students there. From the time he was seventeen, he received Sakya school transmissions such as lamdre lopshe and the Hevajra tantra, and many Nyingma terma teachings."

The article continues, "In 1961 Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche was born in Bhutan, and was immediately recognized as the incarnation of Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö."

Dzongsar Jamyang Kyentse Rinpoche, www.shambala.com.

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

The Kyentse Foundation website says, "The present Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Thubten Chökyi Gyamtso, was born in 1961 in eastern Bhutan. He was recognized as a tulku by H.H. Sakya Trizin, and received empowerments and teachings from many of the greatest masters of Tibetan Buddhism, including H.H. the 16th Karmapa; H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche and Lama Sonam Zangpo (his paternal and maternal grandfathers); Chatral Rinpoche; Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, Khenpo Appey, and many others. His root guru was Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, who began training Rinpoche from the age of 7.

"While still a teenager, Rinpoche built a small retreat center in Ghezing, Sikkim and soon began traveling and teaching around the world. In the 1980s, he began the restoration of Dzongsar Monastery in Derge, the responsibility of which he had inherited from his previous incarnation, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö. He established Dzongsar Institute in Bir, India, (now DKCLI in Chauntra), which has grown to be one of the most respected institutions for advanced dialectical study. He also oversees two monasteries in Bhutan and has established dharma centres in Australia, Europe, North America, and Asia. He has written several books and made award-winning films. Rinpoche continuously travels all over the world, practicing and teaching the Dharma.

"Read more about Rinpoche on the Siddhartha’s Intent web site."