of the 18th century Dharma treasure revealer, Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa.
These revelations, composed of various sadhanas, teachings, and pith
instructions, were received by Jigme Lingpa through multiple visionary
experiences, in which he directly encountered Guru Padmasambhava,
Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal, Omniscient Longchen Rabjam and many other
masters.
Jigme Lingpa was a reincarnation of the 8th century Dharma
King Trisong Detsen, who, in order to firmly establish the Dharma in
Tibet, invited Guru Padmasambhava to Tibet to help complete and
consecrate Samye, Tibet's first monastery. During the king's reign,
Guru Padmasambhava (also known as Guru Rinpoche) implanted many
treasure teachings directly into the king's and other main disciples'
mental continuums, to be revealed by their subsequent incarnations
when the time was appropriate for their practice and dissemination.
Jigme Lingpa discovered many of the Longchen Nying-thig sadhanas
in this manner as mind treasures.
The Longchen Nying-thig tradition is perhaps most well known for its
cycle of nyingthig, or innermost essence teachings of Atiyoga, the
Great Perfection: Dzogchen. Jigme Lingpa received these teachings
during the course of a three-year retreat he undertook at
Samye Chimphu, the great retreat complex of meditation caves near
Samye monastery. Due to his single pointed devotion to the 14th
century Dzogchen master, Omniscient Longchen Rabjam, Jigme Lingpa
was able to meet Longchenpa's wisdom body in three successive
visions. Through this experience, he received the entirety of
Longchenpa's teachings and realization of Atiyoga, the Great Perfection,
(Dzogchen) like water being poured from one vessel into another.
These teachings became the profound heart core of the Longchen
Nying-thig lineage, which is characterized even today by its reliance
on unwavering devotion to the Vajra Guru as the primary means of
realizing the absolute truth.
The Longchen Nying-thig remains even today as one of the most widely
practiced of the numerous existent Nyingma lineages. It is practiced
by many masters and monasteries of all four main schools of Tibetan
Buddhism, primarily due to its profound and essential nature.
For further reading about the Longchen Nying-thig lineage, consult
Tulku Thondup's Masters of Meditation and Miracles.
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