Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Nyingma

Index Nyingma

The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (the other three being the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug). [1]

147 relations: Adi-Buddha, Amdo, Anuttarayoga Tantra, Anuyoga, Aryadeva, Asanga, Śāntarakṣita, Śūnyatā, Śrāvakayāna, B. Alan Wallace, Bardo Thodol, Bodhicitta, Bon, Buddhist philosophy, Buddhist Tantras, Buton Rinchen Drub, Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, Central Tibetan Administration, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, Charya tantra yana, Chatral Sangye Dorje, Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Chimé Rigdzin, Chokling Tersar, Dharmakāya, Dilgo Khyentse, Dorje Drak, Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, Dudjom Lingpa, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Dzogchen, Dzogchen Monastery, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Ekajati, Ganden Tripa, Garab Dorje, Gautama Buddha, Gelug, Gompa, Guhyagarbha tantra, Himachal Pradesh, Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso, Jamgon Kongtrul, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Jigme Lingpa, Kagyu, Karma Kagyu, Karma Lingpa, Karmapa, Karnataka, ..., Katok Monastery, Kīla (Buddhism), Keith Dowman, Kham, Khandro Rinpoche, Khenpo Shenga, Khenpo Sherab Sangpo, Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche, Kriyā, Kulayarāja Tantra, Lama Gonpo Tseten, Langdarma, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Lojong, Longchen Nyingthig, Longchenpa, Longde (Dzogchen), Madhyamaka, Mahamudra, Mahayana, Mahayoga, Menngagde, Mindrolling Monastery, Mindrolling Trichen, Nagarjuna, Nalanda, Nalandabodhi, Nam Cho, Namchö Mingyur Dorje, Namkhai Norbu, Nāga, Ngagpa, Ngöndro, Nyingma, Nyingma Gyubum, Oddiyana, Old Tibetan, Orgyen Chokgyur Lingpa, Padmasambhava, Palden Sherab, Palyul Monastery, Patrul Rinpoche, Pema Lingpa, Penor Rinpoche, Prajnaparamita, Pratyekabuddhayāna, Rigpa, Rigpa organization, Rimé movement, Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo, Saṃsāra, Sakya, Sakya Trizin, Samantabhadra, Samye, Sangharakshita, Sanskrit, Sarma (Tibetan Buddhism), Scholasticism, Semde, Seven Treasuries, Seventeen tantras, Shamanism, Shechen Monastery, Sogyal Rinpoche, Songtsen Gampo, Subtle body, Surya Das, Sutra, Svasaṃvedana, Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, Tarthang Tulku, Tengyur, Tergar Meditation Community, Terma (religion), Tertön, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Thinley Norbu, Thothori Nyantsen, Tibet, Tibetan Aid Project, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan diaspora, Togdan Rinpoche, Trilogy of Natural Ease, Trisong Detsen, Trul khor, Trulshik Rinpoche, Upaya, Vajradhara, Vajrasattva, Vajrayana, Vimalamitra, Yana (Buddhism), Yidam, Yogatantra, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Expand index (97 more) »

Adi-Buddha

In Vajrayana Buddhism, the Adi-Buddha, is the "First Buddha" or the "Primordial Buddha." The term reemerges in tantric literature, most prominently in the Kalachakra.

New!!: Nyingma and Adi-Buddha · See more »

Amdo

Amdo (ʔam˥˥.to˥˥) is one of the three traditional regions of Tibet, the other two being Ü-Tsang and Kham; it is also the birthplace of the 14th Dalai Lama.

New!!: Nyingma and Amdo · See more »

Anuttarayoga Tantra

Anuttarayoga Tantra (Sanskrit, Tibetan: bla na med pa'i rgyud), often translated as Unexcelled Yoga Tantra or Highest Yoga Tantra, is a term used in Tibetan Buddhism in the categorization of esoteric tantric Indian Buddhist texts that constitute part of the Kangyur, or the 'translated words of the Buddha' in the Tibetan Buddhist canon.

New!!: Nyingma and Anuttarayoga Tantra · See more »

Anuyoga

Anuyoga (Skt. अनुयोग 'further yoga') is the designation of the second of the three Inner Tantras according to the ninefold division of practice used by the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Anuyoga · See more »

Aryadeva

Āryadeva (fl. 3rd century CE), was a disciple of Nagarjuna and author of several important Mahayana Madhyamaka Buddhist texts.

New!!: Nyingma and Aryadeva · See more »

Asanga

Asaṅga (Romaji: Mujaku) (fl. 4th century C.E.) was a major exponent of the Yogacara tradition in India, also called Vijñānavāda.

New!!: Nyingma and Asanga · See more »

Śāntarakṣita

(शान्तरक्षित,;, 725–788)stanford.edu: was a renowned 8th century Indian Buddhist and abbot of Nalanda.

New!!: Nyingma and Śāntarakṣita · See more »

Śūnyatā

Śūnyatā (Sanskrit; Pali: suññatā), pronounced ‘shoonyataa’, translated into English most often as emptiness and sometimes voidness, is a Buddhist concept which has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context.

New!!: Nyingma and Śūnyatā · See more »

Śrāvakayāna

Śrāvakayāna (श्रावकयान; सावकयान) is one of the three yānas known to Indian Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Śrāvakayāna · See more »

B. Alan Wallace

Bruce Alan Wallace (born 1950) is an American author and expert on Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and B. Alan Wallace · See more »

Bardo Thodol

The Bardo Thodol ("Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State") is a text from a larger corpus of teachings, the Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones, revealed by Karma Lingpa (1326–1386).

New!!: Nyingma and Bardo Thodol · See more »

Bodhicitta

In Buddhism, bodhicitta, "enlightenment-mind", is the mind that strives toward awakening, empathy, and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings.

New!!: Nyingma and Bodhicitta · See more »

Bon

Bon, also spelled Bön, is a Tibetan religion, which self-identifies as distinct from Tibetan Buddhism, although it shares the same overall teachings and terminology.

New!!: Nyingma and Bon · See more »

Buddhist philosophy

Buddhist philosophy refers to the philosophical investigations and systems of inquiry that developed among various Buddhist schools in India following the death of the Buddha and later spread throughout Asia.

New!!: Nyingma and Buddhist philosophy · See more »

Buddhist Tantras

The Buddhist Tantras are a varied group of Indian and Tibetan texts which outline unique views and practices of the Buddhist tantra religious systems.

New!!: Nyingma and Buddhist Tantras · See more »

Buton Rinchen Drub

Butön Rinchen Drup, (1290–1364), 11th Abbot of Shalu Monastery, was a 14th-century Sakya master and Tibetan Buddhist leader.

New!!: Nyingma and Buton Rinchen Drub · See more »

Cakrasaṃvara Tantra

The Cakrasaṃvara Tantra (चक्रसंवर तन्त्र) or Khorlo Déchok is considered to be of the mother class of the Anuttarayoga Tantra in Vajrayana Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Cakrasaṃvara Tantra · See more »

Central Tibetan Administration

The Central Tibetan Administration, also known as CTA (literally Exile Tibetan People's Organisation) is an organisation based in India.

New!!: Nyingma and Central Tibetan Administration · See more »

Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

Chagdud Tulku (1930–2002) was a Tibetan teacher of the Nyingma school of Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche · See more »

Charya tantra yana

Charya tantra, Upa tantra, or Ubhaya tantra is a yana (literally "vehicle") of Esoteric Buddhism-though there is debate about whether it is considered to be buddhism, and as such is both a class of tantric literature and of praxis.

New!!: Nyingma and Charya tantra yana · See more »

Chatral Sangye Dorje

Chatral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche ("Enlightened Indestructible Freedom From Activity"; June 18, 1913 – December 30, 2015) was a Dzogchen master and a reclusive yogi known for his great realization and strict discipline.

New!!: Nyingma and Chatral Sangye Dorje · See more »

Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche

Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche (छोकी निमा रिम्पोचे, alternatively in English spelled: Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche) (b. 1951) is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher and meditation master.

New!!: Nyingma and Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche · See more »

Chimé Rigdzin

Chimé Rigdzin Rinpoche (1922-2002), popularly known as “C.R. Lama”, was an important lineage holder of the Northern Treasures (byang gter) tradition in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Chimé Rigdzin · See more »

Chokling Tersar

In Tibetan Buddhism the Chokling Tersar (mchog gling gter gsar) are a collection of formerly hidden teachings or termas revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa, whose current reincarnations are Neten Chokling Rinpoche and Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, whose foundation to propagate the Chokling Tersar is the Chokgyur Lingpa Foundation.

New!!: Nyingma and Chokling Tersar · See more »

Dharmakāya

The dharmakāya (Sanskrit, "truth body" or "reality body") is one of the three bodies (trikaya) of a buddha in Mahayana Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Dharmakāya · See more »

Dilgo Khyentse

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (c. 1910 – 28 September 1991) was a Vajrayana master, scholar, poet, teacher, and head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism from 1987 to 1991.

New!!: Nyingma and Dilgo Khyentse · See more »

Dorje Drak

Dorjidak Gompa ("Indestructible Rock Vihara") or Tupten Dorjidak Dorjé Drak Éwam Chokgar was one of the Six "Mother" Nyingma Monasteries in Tibet.

New!!: Nyingma and Dorje Drak · See more »

Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje

Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (THL Düjom Jikdrel Yéshé Dorjé) (1904–17 January 1987), was the second Dudjom Rinpoche.

New!!: Nyingma and Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje · See more »

Dudjom Lingpa

Dudjom Lingpa (1835–1904)*Lingpa, Dudjom; Tulku, Chagdud; Norbu, Padma Drimed; Barron, Richard (Lama Chökyi Nyima, translator); Fairclough, Susanne (translator) (1994, 2002 revised).

New!!: Nyingma and Dudjom Lingpa · See more »

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche (b. 23 Oct 1964) is the title of a tulku lineage of Tibetan Buddhist lamas.

New!!: Nyingma and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche · See more »

Dzogchen

Dzogchen or "Great Perfection", Sanskrit: अतियोग, is a tradition of teachings in Tibetan Buddhism aimed at discovering and continuing in the natural primordial state of being.

New!!: Nyingma and Dzogchen · See more »

Dzogchen Monastery

Dzogchen Monastery (Tib. རྫོགས་ཆེན་དགོན། rdzogs chen dgon) is one of the six great monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Dzogchen Monastery · See more »

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop (Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen, born 1965) is an abbot of Dzogchen Monastery, president of Nalandabodhi, the founder of Nītārtha Institute, a leading Tibetan Buddhist scholar, and a meditation master.

New!!: Nyingma and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche · See more »

Ekajati

Ekajaṭī or Ekajaṭā, (Sanskrit: "One Plait Woman";: one who has one knot of hair), also known as Māhacīnatārā, is one of the 21 Taras.

New!!: Nyingma and Ekajati · See more »

Ganden Tripa

The Ganden Tripa or Gaden Tripa ("Holder of the Ganden Throne") is the title of the spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, the school that controlled central Tibet from the mid-17th century until the 1950s.

New!!: Nyingma and Ganden Tripa · See more »

Garab Dorje

Garab Dorje (Fl. 55 CE)Dharma Fellowship (2005).

New!!: Nyingma and Garab Dorje · See more »

Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

New!!: Nyingma and Gautama Buddha · See more »

Gelug

The Gelug (Wylie: dGe-Lugs-Pa) is the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Gelug · See more »

Gompa

Gompas, Gönpas, or Gumbas ("remote place", Sanskrit araṇya), also known as ling, are Buddhist ecclesiastical fortifications of learning, lineage and sādhanā that may be understood as a conflation of a fortification, a vihara and a university associated with Tibetan Buddhism and thus common in historical Tibetan regions including parts of China, India, Nepal, Ladakh and Bhutan.

New!!: Nyingma and Gompa · See more »

Guhyagarbha tantra

The Guhyagarbha Tantra (The Tantra of the Secret Quintessence) is the main tantra of the Mahayoga class and the primary Tantric text studied in the Nyingma tradition as a key to understanding empowerment, samaya, mantras, mandalas and other Vajrayana topics.

New!!: Nyingma and Guhyagarbha tantra · See more »

Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh (literally "snow-laden province") is a Indian state located in North India.

New!!: Nyingma and Himachal Pradesh · See more »

Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso

Jamgön Ju Mipham, or Mipham Jamyang Namgyal Gyamtso (1846–1912) (also known as "Mipham the Great") was a very influential philosopher and polymath of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso · See more »

Jamgon Kongtrul

Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé (1813–1899), also known as Jamgön Kongtrül the Great, was a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, poet, artist, physician, tertön and polymath.

New!!: Nyingma and Jamgon Kongtrul · See more »

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892), also known by his tertön title, Pema Ösel Dongak Lingpa, was a renowned teacher, scholar and tertön of 19th-century Tibet.

New!!: Nyingma and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo · See more »

Jigme Lingpa

Jigme Lingpa (1729–1798) was a Tibetan tertön of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Jigme Lingpa · See more »

Kagyu

The Kagyu, Kagyü, or Kagyud school, also known as the "Oral Lineage" or Whispered Transmission school, is today regarded as one of six main schools (chos lugs) of Himalayan or Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Kagyu · See more »

Karma Kagyu

Karma Kagyu, or Kamtsang Kagyu, is probably the 2nd largest and certainly the most widely practiced lineage within the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Karma Kagyu · See more »

Karma Lingpa

Karma Lingpa (1326–1386) was the tertön (revealer) of the Bardo Thodol, the so-called Tibetan Book of the Dead.

New!!: Nyingma and Karma Lingpa · See more »

Karmapa

The Karmapa (honorific title His Holiness the Gyalwa (རྒྱལ་བ་, Victorious One) Karmapa, more formally as Gyalwang (རྒྱལ་དབང་ཀརྨ་པ་, King of Victorious Ones) Karmapa, and informally as the Karmapa Lama) is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school of the Kagyu (བཀའ་བརྒྱུད), itself one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Karmapa · See more »

Karnataka

Karnataka also known Kannada Nadu is a state in the south western region of India.

New!!: Nyingma and Karnataka · See more »

Katok Monastery

Katok Monastery (THL Katok Dorjé Den), also transliterated as Kathok or Kathog Monastery, is one of the six principal ("mother") monasteries of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Katok Monastery · See more »

Kīla (Buddhism)

The kīla or phurba (Sanskrit Devanagari: कील; IAST: kīla;, alternate transliterations and English orthographies: phurpa, phurbu, purbha, or phurpu) is a three-sided peg, stake, knife, or nail-like ritual implement traditionally associated with Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Bön, and Indian Vedic traditions.

New!!: Nyingma and Kīla (Buddhism) · See more »

Keith Dowman

Keith Dowman (born 1945) is an English Dzogchen teacher and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts.

New!!: Nyingma and Keith Dowman · See more »

Kham

Kham is a historical region of Tibet covering a land area largely divided between present-day Tibet Autonomous Region and Sichuan, with smaller portions located within Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan provinces of China.

New!!: Nyingma and Kham · See more »

Khandro Rinpoche

Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche (birth name Tsering Paldrön; born August 19, 1967) is a lama in Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Khandro Rinpoche · See more »

Khenpo Shenga

Khenpo Shenga Rinpoche, also Shenpen Chökyi Nangwa (1871–1927) was a Tibetan scholar in the Nyingma and Sakya traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Khenpo Shenga · See more »

Khenpo Sherab Sangpo

Khenpo Sherab Sangpo Khenpo Sherab Sangpo was trained by Khenpo Petse Rinpoche and Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, two of the greatest masters of the Nyingma tradition in recent history.

New!!: Nyingma and Khenpo Sherab Sangpo · See more »

Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche

Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche is the abbot of Mardo Tashi Choling in Eastern Tibet.

New!!: Nyingma and Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche · See more »

Kriyā

Kriyā (in Sanskrit "action, deed, effort") most commonly refers to a "completed action", technique or practice within a yoga discipline meant to achieve a specific result.

New!!: Nyingma and Kriyā · See more »

Kulayarāja Tantra

The Kulayarāja Tantra (Tibetan phonetically: Kunjed Gyalpo,; English translation: "All-Creating King") is a Buddhist Tantra extant in Tibetan which centers upon the direct teachings of the primordial, ultimate Buddha (Adibuddha), Samantabhadra.

New!!: Nyingma and Kulayarāja Tantra · See more »

Lama Gonpo Tseten

Gonpo Tseten Rinpoche, (1906–1991), Dzogchen master, author, painter, sculptor, and teacher of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Lama Gonpo Tseten · See more »

Langdarma

Langdarma ("Mature Bull" or "Dharma Bull", proper name U Dumtsen) was the Tibetan Emperor, who most likely reigned from 838 to 841 CE.

New!!: Nyingma and Langdarma · See more »

Library of Tibetan Works and Archives

The Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) is a Tibetan library in Dharamshala, India.

New!!: Nyingma and Library of Tibetan Works and Archives · See more »

Lojong

Lojong (Tib. བློ་སྦྱོང་) is a mind training practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on a set of aphorisms formulated in Tibet in the 12th century by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje.

New!!: Nyingma and Lojong · See more »

Longchen Nyingthig

Longchen Nyingthig is a terma, revealed scripture, of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, which gives a systematic explanation of Dzogchen.

New!!: Nyingma and Longchen Nyingthig · See more »

Longchenpa

Longchen Rabjampa, Drimé Özer (Wylie: klong chen rab 'byams pa dri med 'od zer), commonly abbreviated to Longchenpa (1308–1364), was a major teacher in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Longchenpa · See more »

Longde (Dzogchen)

Longdé (abhyantaravarga) is the name of one of three scriptural divisions within Dzogchen, which is itself the pinnacle of the ninefold division of practice according to the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Longde (Dzogchen) · See more »

Madhyamaka

Madhyamaka (Madhyamaka,; also known as Śūnyavāda) refers primarily to the later schools of Buddhist philosophy founded by Nagarjuna (150 CE to 250 CE).

New!!: Nyingma and Madhyamaka · See more »

Mahamudra

Mahāmudrā (Sanskrit, Tibetan: Chagchen, Wylie: phyag chen, contraction of Chagya Chenpo, Wylie: phyag rgya chen po) literally means "great seal" or "great imprint" and refers to the fact that "all phenomena inevitably are stamped by the fact of wisdom and emptiness inseparable".

New!!: Nyingma and Mahamudra · See more »

Mahayana

Mahāyāna (Sanskrit for "Great Vehicle") is one of two (or three, if Vajrayana is counted separately) main existing branches of Buddhism and a term for classification of Buddhist philosophies and practice.

New!!: Nyingma and Mahayana · See more »

Mahayoga

Mahāyoga (Sanskrit for "great yoga") is the designation of the first of the three Inner Tantras according to the ninefold division of practice used by the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Mahayoga · See more »

Menngagde

In Tibetan Buddhism and Bon, Menngakde (THL: men-ngak-dé, upadeśavarga), is the name of one of three scriptural and lineage divisions within Dzogchen (Great Perfection atiyōga).

New!!: Nyingma and Menngagde · See more »

Mindrolling Monastery

Mindrolling Monastery (Tib: སྨིན་གྲོལ་གླིང་དགོན་པ་) (Eng: Sublime Island of Ripening Liberation), is one of the six major monasteries of the Nyingma school in Tibet.

New!!: Nyingma and Mindrolling Monastery · See more »

Mindrolling Trichen

The eleventh Mindrolling Trichen (pronunciation: Mìn-drolling), Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal འགྱུར་མེད་ཀུན་བཟང་དབང་རྒྱལ་ (1930, Lumo-ra, Kham, Tibet – February February 9, 2008, Dehra Dun, India) was a lama of the Nyingma-school, the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism and had been responsible for the administrative affairs for the school in exile as the ceremonial head of the lineage.

New!!: Nyingma and Mindrolling Trichen · See more »

Nagarjuna

Nāgārjuna (c. 150 – c. 250 CE) is widely considered one of the most important Mahayana philosophers.

New!!: Nyingma and Nagarjuna · See more »

Nalanda

Nalanda was a Mahavihara, a large Buddhist monastery, in the ancient kingdom of Magadha (modern-day Bihar) in India.

New!!: Nyingma and Nalanda · See more »

Nalandabodhi

Nalandabodhi is a Tibetan Buddhist organization founded in the United States by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche in 1997 and named after the historic Nalanda university of India.

New!!: Nyingma and Nalandabodhi · See more »

Nam Cho

Nam Cho (THL transcription: namchö) translates as the "sky/space dharma", a terma cycle especially popular among the Palyul lineage of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Nam Cho · See more »

Namchö Mingyur Dorje

Namchö Mingyur Dorje (1645–1667) was an important tertön or "treasure revealer" in Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Namchö Mingyur Dorje · See more »

Namkhai Norbu

Namkhai Norbu is a Dzogchen teacher, who was born in Derge, eastern Tibet on 8 December 1938.

New!!: Nyingma and Namkhai Norbu · See more »

Nāga

Nāga (IAST: nāgá; Devanāgarī: नाग) is the Sanskrit and Pali word for a deity or class of entity or being taking the form of a very great snake, specifically the king cobra, found in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

New!!: Nyingma and Nāga · See more »

Ngagpa

In Tibetan Buddhism and Bon, a Ngagpa (Sanskrit mantrī) is a non-monastic practitioner of Dzogchen who has received a skra dbang, a hair empowerment, for example in the Dudjom Tersar lineage.

New!!: Nyingma and Ngagpa · See more »

Ngöndro

The Tibetan term Ngöndro (pūrvaka) refers to the preliminary, preparatory or foundational practices or disciplines (Sanskrit: sādhanā) common to all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and also to Bon.

New!!: Nyingma and Ngöndro · See more »

Nyingma

The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (the other three being the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug).

New!!: Nyingma and Nyingma · See more »

Nyingma Gyubum

Nyingma Gyubum (literally 'The Hundred Thousand Tantras of the Nyingma school') is the Mahayoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga Tantras of the Nyingma lineage.

New!!: Nyingma and Nyingma Gyubum · See more »

Oddiyana

(Sanskrit Oḍḍiyāna; Үржин urkhin, ଓଡ଼ିଆଣ), a small country in early medieval India, is ascribed importance in the development and dissemination of Vajrayana Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Oddiyana · See more »

Old Tibetan

Old Tibetan refers to the period of Tibetan language reflected in documents from the adoption of writing by the Tibetan Empire in the mid-7th century to works of the early 11th century.

New!!: Nyingma and Old Tibetan · See more »

Orgyen Chokgyur Lingpa

Chokgyur Lingpa or Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829-1870) was a tertön or "treasure revealer" and contemporary of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamgon Kongtrul.

New!!: Nyingma and Orgyen Chokgyur Lingpa · See more »

Padmasambhava

Padmasambhava (lit. "Lotus-Born"), also known as Guru Rinpoche, was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist master.

New!!: Nyingma and Padmasambhava · See more »

Palden Sherab

Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche (May 10, 1938 – June 19, 2010) was a scholar and lama in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Palden Sherab · See more »

Palyul Monastery

Palyul Monastery, also known as Palyul Namgyal Jangchub Choling Monastery and sometimes romanized as Pelyul Monastery, is one of the six mother monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Palyul Monastery · See more »

Patrul Rinpoche

Patrul Rinpoche (Wylie: dpal sprul rin po che) (1808–1887) was a prominent teacher and author of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Patrul Rinpoche · See more »

Pema Lingpa

Pema Lingpa or Padma Lingpa (1450–1521) was a Bhutanese saint and siddha of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Pema Lingpa · See more »

Penor Rinpoche

Kyabjé Drubwang Padma Norbu Rinpoche (1932 - March 27, 2009) was the 11th throne holder of the Palyul Lineage of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, and said to be an incarnation of Vimalamitra.

New!!: Nyingma and Penor Rinpoche · See more »

Prajnaparamita

Prajñāpāramitā means "the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom" in Mahāyāna Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Prajnaparamita · See more »

Pratyekabuddhayāna

Pratyekabuddhayāna (Sanskrit) is a Buddhist term that refers to the path, or vehicle, of a pratyekabuddha ("solitary awakened one", pra(tye)- of pra(na), eka-one, buddha-enlightened).

New!!: Nyingma and Pratyekabuddhayāna · See more »

Rigpa

In Dzogchen teaching, rigpa (Skt. vidyā; "knowledge") is the knowledge of the ground.

New!!: Nyingma and Rigpa · See more »

Rigpa organization

Rigpa is the name of an international Buddhist organization founded by Sogyal Rinpoche in 1979.

New!!: Nyingma and Rigpa organization · See more »

Rimé movement

The Rimé movement is a movement involving the Sakya, Kagyu and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism, along with some Bon scholars.

New!!: Nyingma and Rimé movement · See more »

Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo

Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo (1012–1088), widely known as Rongzom Mahapandita, Rongzom Dharmabhadra, or simply as Rongzompa, was one of the most important scholars of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo · See more »

Saṃsāra

Saṃsāra is a Sanskrit word that means "wandering" or "world", with the connotation of cyclic, circuitous change.

New!!: Nyingma and Saṃsāra · See more »

Sakya

The Sakya ("pale earth") school is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the others being the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug.

New!!: Nyingma and Sakya · See more »

Sakya Trizin

Sakya Trizin ("Sakya Throne-Holder") is the traditional title of the head of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Sakya Trizin · See more »

Samantabhadra

Samantabhadra (Sanskrit, "Universal Worthy") is a bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism associated with practice and meditation.

New!!: Nyingma and Samantabhadra · See more »

Samye

Samye was the first gompa (Buddhist monastery) built in Tibet.

New!!: Nyingma and Samye · See more »

Sangharakshita

Sangharakshita (born August 26, 1925 as Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood) is a Buddhist teacher and writer, and founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community, which was known until 2010 as the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, or FWBO.

New!!: Nyingma and Sangharakshita · See more »

Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

New!!: Nyingma and Sanskrit · See more »

Sarma (Tibetan Buddhism)

In Tibetan Buddhism, the Sarma or "New Translation" schools include the three newer (Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug) of the four main schools, comprising the following traditions and their sub-branches with their roots in the 11th century.

New!!: Nyingma and Sarma (Tibetan Buddhism) · See more »

Scholasticism

Scholasticism is a method of critical thought which dominated teaching by the academics ("scholastics", or "schoolmen") of medieval universities in Europe from about 1100 to 1700, and a program of employing that method in articulating and defending dogma in an increasingly pluralistic context.

New!!: Nyingma and Scholasticism · See more »

Semde

Semde (Sanskrit: cittavarga) translated as "mind division", "mind class" or "mind series" is the name of one of three scriptural and lineage divisions within Atiyoga, Dzogchen or the Great Perfection which is itself the pinnacle of the ninefold division of practice according to the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Semde · See more »

Seven Treasuries

The Seven Treasuries are a collection of seven works, some with auto-commentaries, by the Tibetan Buddhist teacher Longchenpa.

New!!: Nyingma and Seven Treasuries · See more »

Seventeen tantras

In Tibetan Buddhism, specifically in the literature and practice of Dzogchen, the seventeen tantras of the esoteric instruction cycle are a collection of tantras belonging to the textual division known as the "esoteric instruction cycle" (also known variously as: Nyingtik, Upadesha or Menngagde).

New!!: Nyingma and Seventeen tantras · See more »

Shamanism

Shamanism is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with what they believe to be a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world.

New!!: Nyingma and Shamanism · See more »

Shechen Monastery

Shechen Monastery is one of the six primary or "mother" monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Shechen Monastery · See more »

Sogyal Rinpoche

Sogyal Rinpoche (born 1947) is a Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition.

New!!: Nyingma and Sogyal Rinpoche · See more »

Songtsen Gampo

Songtsen Gampo (569–649?/605–649?) was the 33rd Tibetan king and founder of the Tibetan Empire, and is traditionally credited with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet, influenced by his Nepali and Chinese queens, as well as being the unifier of what were previously several Tibetan kingdoms.

New!!: Nyingma and Songtsen Gampo · See more »

Subtle body

A subtle body is one of a series of psycho-spiritual constituents of living beings, according to various esoteric, occult, and mystical teachings.

New!!: Nyingma and Subtle body · See more »

Surya Das

Surya Das (born Jeffrey Miller in 1950) is an American lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

New!!: Nyingma and Surya Das · See more »

Sutra

A sutra (Sanskrit: IAST: sūtra; Pali: sutta) is a religious discourse (teaching) in text form originating from the spiritual traditions of India, particularly Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

New!!: Nyingma and Sutra · See more »

Svasaṃvedana

In Buddhist philosophy, Svasaṃvedana (also Svasaṃvitti) is a term which refers to the self-reflexive nature of consciousness.

New!!: Nyingma and Svasaṃvedana · See more »

Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche

Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche (1926 – 23 December 2015) was a Tibetan lama and the Supreme Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche · See more »

Tarthang Tulku

Tarthang Tulku (born 1934) is a Tibetan teacher (lama) who introduced the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism into the United States, where he works to preserve the art and culture of Tibet.

New!!: Nyingma and Tarthang Tulku · See more »

Tengyur

The Tengyur or Tanjur or Bstan-’gyur (Tibetan: "Translation of Teachings") is the Tibetan collection of commentaries to the Buddhist teachings, or "Translated Treatises".

New!!: Nyingma and Tengyur · See more »

Tergar Meditation Community

Tergar Meditation Community is a Buddhist meditation community led by Tibetan meditation master and best-selling author Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche.

New!!: Nyingma and Tergar Meditation Community · See more »

Terma (religion)

Terma ("hidden treasure") are various forms of hidden teachings that are key to Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhist and Bon religious traditions. The belief is that these teachings were originally esoterically hidden by various adepts such as Padmasambhava and dakini such as Yeshe Tsogyal (consorts) during the 8th century, for future discovery at auspicious times by other adepts, who are known as tertöns. As such, terma represent a tradition of continuous revelation in Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhism. Termas are a part of tantric literature.

New!!: Nyingma and Terma (religion) · See more »

Tertön

Tertön is a term within Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Tertön · See more »

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, written by Sogyal Rinpoche in 1992, is a presentation of the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead or Bardo Thodol.

New!!: Nyingma and The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying · See more »

Thinley Norbu

Kyabjé Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche (Tib. གདུང་སྲས་ཕྲིན་ལས་ནོར་བུ་) was a major modern teacher in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and patron of the Vajrayana Foundation.

New!!: Nyingma and Thinley Norbu · See more »

Thothori Nyantsen

Lha Thothori gNyan bTsan was the 28th King of Tibet according to the Tibetan legendary tradition.

New!!: Nyingma and Thothori Nyantsen · See more »

Tibet

Tibet is a historical region covering much of the Tibetan Plateau in Central Asia.

New!!: Nyingma and Tibet · See more »

Tibetan Aid Project

The Tibetan Aid Project (TAP) is an operation of the Tibetan Nyingma Relief Foundation.

New!!: Nyingma and Tibetan Aid Project · See more »

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is the form of Buddhist doctrine and institutions named after the lands of Tibet, but also found in the regions surrounding the Himalayas and much of Central Asia.

New!!: Nyingma and Tibetan Buddhism · See more »

Tibetan diaspora

The Tibetan diaspora is a term used to refer to the communities of Tibetan people living outside their original homeland of Tibet.

New!!: Nyingma and Tibetan diaspora · See more »

Togdan Rinpoche

Togdan Rinpoche (born in 1938) was enthroned as the leader of Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism for Ladakh in 1943 and serves today as the Head Lama for all Tibetan Buddhist Lineages in Ladakh.

New!!: Nyingma and Togdan Rinpoche · See more »

Trilogy of Natural Ease

The Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease (ngal gso skor gsum, Sanskrit Mahāsaṃdhi viśrānta trayāya nāma, literally "The Trilogy called Reposing (viśrānta) in the Great Perfection") is a trilogy of Dzogchen writings by Longchen Rabjam.

New!!: Nyingma and Trilogy of Natural Ease · See more »

Trisong Detsen

Trisong Detsen or Trisong Detsän was the son of Me Agtsom and the 38th emperor of Tibet.

New!!: Nyingma and Trisong Detsen · See more »

Trul khor

Tsa lung Trul khor (vayv-adhisāra "magical movement instrument, channels and inner breath currents"), known in short as Trul khor "magical instrument" or "magic circle" (adhisāra) is a Vajrayana discipline which includes pranayama and body postures (asanas).

New!!: Nyingma and Trul khor · See more »

Trulshik Rinpoche

Trulshik Rinpoche Ngawang Chökyi Lodrö (khrul zhig ngag dbang chos kyi blo gros) (1 January 1923 – 2 September 2011) born in Yardrok Taklung, Central Tibet was one of the main teachers of the 14th Dalai Lama and of many of the younger generation of Nyingma lamas today including Sogyal Rinpoche.

New!!: Nyingma and Trulshik Rinpoche · See more »

Upaya

Upaya (Sanskrit:, expedient means, pedagogy) is a term used in Mahayana Buddhism to refer to an aspect of guidance along the Buddhist Paths to liberation where a conscious, voluntary action is driven by an incomplete reasoning about its direction.

New!!: Nyingma and Upaya · See more »

Vajradhara

Vajradhara (Sanskrit: वज्रधर. Also, the name of Indra, because 'Vajra' means diamond, as well as the thunderbolt, anything hard more generally) Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ་འཆང། rdo rje 'chang (Dorje Chang); Chinese: 金剛總持; Javanese: Kabajradharan; Japanese: 執金剛; English: Diamond-holder; Vietnamese: Kim Cang Tổng Trì) is the ultimate primordial Buddha, or Adi Buddha, according to the Gelug and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. In the evolution of Indian Buddhism, Buddha Vajradhara gradually displaced Samantabhadra, who is the 'Primordial Buddha' in the Nyingma, or 'Ancient School.' However, the two are metaphysically equivalent. Achieving the 'state of Vajradhara' is synonymous with complete realisation. According to the Kagyu lineage, Buddha Vajradhara is the primordial Buddha, the Dharmakaya Buddha. He is depicted as dark blue in color, expressing the quintessence of buddhahood itself and representing the essence of the historical Buddha's realization of enlightenment. As such, Buddha Vajradhara is thought to be the supreme essence of all (male) Buddhas (his name means "Ruler of the Vajra Beings"); It is the Tantric form of Sakyamuni which is called Vajradhara. Tantras are texts specific to Tantrism and are believed to have been originally taught by the Tantric form of Sakyamuni called Buddha Vajradhara. He is an expression of Buddhahood itself in both single and yabyum form. Buddha Vajradhara is considered to be the prime Buddha of the Father tantras (tib.

New!!: Nyingma and Vajradhara · See more »

Vajrasattva

Vajrasattva (Sanskrit: वज्रसत्त्व, Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ། Dorje Sempa, short form is རྡོར་སེམས། Dorsem, Монгол: Доржсэмбэ) is a bodhisattva in the Mahayana, Mantrayana/Vajrayana Buddhist traditions.

New!!: Nyingma and Vajrasattva · See more »

Vajrayana

Vajrayāna, Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism are the various Buddhist traditions of Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in medieval India and spread to Tibet and East Asia.

New!!: Nyingma and Vajrayana · See more »

Vimalamitra

Vimalamitra was an 8th-century Indian monk.

New!!: Nyingma and Vimalamitra · See more »

Yana (Buddhism)

Yāna (Sanskrit and Pāli: "vehicle") refers to a mode or method of spiritual practice in Buddhism, and in particular to divisions of various schools of Buddhism according to their type of practice.

New!!: Nyingma and Yana (Buddhism) · See more »

Yidam

Yidam is a type of deity associated with tantric or Vajrayana Buddhism said to be manifestations of Buddhahood or enlightened mind.

New!!: Nyingma and Yidam · See more »

Yogatantra

The 'Yogatantra' (Sanskrit) 'conveyance' (Sanskrit: yana) is the most sublime of the three Outer Tantras.

New!!: Nyingma and Yogatantra · See more »

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (born 1975) is a Tibetan teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.

New!!: Nyingma and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche · See more »

Redirects here:

Ningma, Nyimgma, Nyingma order, Nyingmapa, Nyingmapa Buddhism, Red Sangha, Rinchen Terdzod, White Sangha.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyingma

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »