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School of Tibetan Buddhism
Nyingma (Tibetan: རྙིང་མ་, Wylie: rnying ma, Lhasa dialect: [ɲ̟iŋ˥˥.ma˥˥], lit. 'old school'), also referred to as Ngagyur (Tibetan: སྔ་འགྱུར་རྙིང་མ།
Nyingma
Form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and globally
is classical Tibetan. Tibetan Buddhism has four major schools, namely Nyingma (8th century), Kagyu (11th century), Sakya (1073), and Gelug (1409). The
Tibetan_Buddhism
Collection of Vajrayana texts
question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Tibetan characters. Nyingma Gyubum (Tibetan: རྙིང་མ་རྒྱུད་འབུམ, Wylie: rnying ma rgyud ‘bum, Collected
Nyingma_Gyubum
Tibetan religion
"essentially a variant of Tibetan Buddhism" with many resemblances to Nyingma, it also preserves some genuinely ancient pre-Buddhist elements. David
Bon
Categorization of Buddhist tantric scriptures in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
Translation) schools categorize tantric scriptures into four classes, while the Nyingma (Ancients) school use six classes of tantra. The Sarma, "New Translation"
Classes of Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism
Classes_of_Tantra_in_Tibetan_Buddhism
Nunnery in Bylakuppe, India
The Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery or Tsogyal Shedrub Dargyeling Nunnery:(Tibetan: མཚོ་རྒྱལ་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང་།, Wylie: Mtsho-rgyal-shad-sgrub-dar-rgyas-ling)
Ngagyur_Nyingma_Nunnery
Tibetan Buddhist teachings that point directly to the Nature of Mind
the mahamudra traditions of the Kagyu and the dzogchen traditions of the Nyingma. The mind teachings of Tibet are generally believed to have originated
Mind_teachings_of_Tibet
Higher buddhist studies and research center of Nyingma school
The Ngagyur Nyingma Institute (Tib: སྔ་འགྱུར་མཐོ་སློབ་མདོ་སྔགས་རིག་པའི་འབྱུང་གནས་གླིང་།, Wylie: snga 'gyur mtho slob mdo sngags rig pa'i 'byung gnas gling)
Ngagyur_Nyingma_Institute
Tibetan Buddhist wisdom dakini (deity)
transmission, one in the Nyingma and another in the Sakya school. Although according to the tertön Nyangral Nyima Özer, the Nyingma Simhamukha is based on
Simhamukha
8th-century Buddhist lama
Tsogyal and Mandarava. The contemporary Nyingma school considers Padmasambhava to be a founding figure. The Nyingma school also traditionally holds that
Padmasambhava
Tibetan Buddhist master
A vast system of transmission lineages developed. Scriptures from the Nyingma school were updated by terma discoveries, and terma teachings have guided
Tertön
One of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism, the others being the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug. It is one of the Red Hat Orders along with the Nyingma and Kagyu. The name Sakya ("pale earth")
Sakya
Tibetan Buddhist master (1846–1912)
"Mipham the Great") was a very influential philosopher and polymath of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. He wrote over 32 volumes on topics such as
Jamgön_Ju_Mipham_Gyatso
Tibetan Buddhist monk
co-administrator of Mindrolling Monastery and Head Abbot In-Charge of Ngagyur Nyingma College in India, Vajrayana master, scholar, and teacher. Mindrolling,
IXth Minling Khenchen Rinpoche
IXth_Minling_Khenchen_Rinpoche
Preliminary practice in Vajrayana
needed] Each of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism—Gelug, Kagyu, Nyingma and Sakya have variations as to the order of the preliminaries, the refuge
Ngöndro
Beings in Vajrayana Buddhism
interpretive etymology. The eight Herukas (Wylie: sgrub pa bka’ brgyad) of the Nyingma mahayoga tradition (and their corresponding sadhanas) are said to have
Heruka
Doctrine within Tibetan Buddhism
introduced shentong into the Nyingma tradition. While shentong is not a widely held view in Nyingma, some important Nyingma scholars have defended shentong
Rangtong_and_shentong
Tibetan Buddhist religious college
Jonang lineages consider the shedra training essential, whereas in the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages, this is less the case. Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the
Shedra
Village in Himachal Pradesh, India
In 1966, the third Neten Chokling (1928–1973), an incarnate lama of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, brought his family and a small entourage to
Bir,_Himachal_Pradesh
Period of Tibetan history (9th–11th centuries CE)
development of Tibetan Buddhism, with the Nyingma school's monastic orders facing persecution and internal exile. Nyingma monasteries were alleged to have only
Era_of_Fragmentation
Hidden teachings in Buddhism
Vajrayana of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon spiritual traditions. In the Vajrayana Nyingma school tradition, two lineages occur: an oral Kama lineage and a revealed
Terma_(religion)
Tibetan Lama (1904–1987)
a direct incarnation of both Padmasambhava and Dudjom Lingpa. He was a Nyingma householder, a yogi, and a Vajrayana and Dzogchen master. According to
Dudjom_Jigdral_Yeshe_Dorje
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Bylkuppe, Karnataka, India
ನಮ್ಡ್ರೋಲಿಂಗ್ ವಿಹಾರ, Namdroling Vihara) is the largest teaching center of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in the world. Located in Bylakuppe, part of
Namdroling_Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist teacher (Nyingma school) (1808–1887)
Wylie: dpal sprul rin po che) (1808–1887) was a teacher and author from the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Patrul Rinpoche was born in Dzachukha, a nomadic
Patrul_Rinpoche
Town in Karnataka, India
Monastery (both in the Gelug tradition) and Namdroling Monastery (in the Nyingma tradition). It also has Buddhist universities for advanced Buddhist practices
Bylakuppe
Outer, inner, secret, and ultimate Buddhist refuge formulations
universality of Buddha Nature. The Three Roots are commonly mentioned in the Nyingma and Kagyu literature of Tibetan Buddhism. Unlike most aspects of Tibetan
Three_Jewels_and_Three_Roots
Ordained practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism
include special robes, ornaments, and ritual objects. Traditionally, many Nyingma ngakpas wear uncut hair and white robes and these are sometimes called
Ngakpa
Vajrayana practice involving visualization of a deity
and Mipham divide the Nyingma completion stage into the path of method (thabs lam) or the path of liberation ('grol lam). In Nyingma, path of method practices
Deity_yoga
Tibetan Buddhist monk and scholar (1938–2010)
known as "Khen Rinpoche," was a teacher, a Nyingma scholar, a guru, and a Dzogchen master in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was considered
Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
Khenchen_Palden_Sherab_Rinpoche
Tibetan Lama (1930–2002)
ལྕགས་མདུད་, Wylie: lcags mdud, 1930–2002) was a Tibetan teacher of the Nyingma school of Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhism. He was known and respected in the
Chagdud_Tulku_Rinpoche
Tibetan Buddhist lama (1931–2011)
Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and patron of the Vajrayana Foundation. He was the eldest son of Dudjom Rinpoche, the former head of the Nyingma
Thinley_Norbu
Tibetan meditation practice
inducing lucid dreaming and conscious transcending of dream imagery. The Nyingma lineage holds that there are 'Seven transmissions' (Tibetan: bka' babs
Dream_yoga
Title in Tibetan Buddhism
Trungpa tulkus. They are members of the Karma Kagyu tradition as well as the Nyingma tradition. These tulkus are recognized as reincarnations of Künga Gyaltsen
Tulku
River valley in Himachal Pradesh, India
the few surviving Buchen Lamas of the Nyingma school. After Taklung Setrung Rinpoche, the head of the Nyingma sect and a noted scholar of the Tibetan
Spiti
Tibetan Buddhist practice
It is part of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon. Detailed instructions on the practice are provided by the Nyingma teacher Tarthang Tulku
Sky_gazing_(Dzogchen)
Purported founder of Dzogchen tradition
be as it is, this is the highest teaching in Buddhism. According to the Nyingma school tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, he transmitted the profound empowerments
Garab_Dorje
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kham (Baiyü County, Sichuan, China)
founded in 1159 and is one of the "Six Mother Monasteries" in Tibet of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. It was built after Samye Monastery, in the
Kathok_Monastery
Buddhist religious practice
well as in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism (where it is classed as Anuttarayoga Tantra in Kagyu and Anuyoga in Nyingma). Also known as
Chöd
Vaiśeṣika concept. Gelugpa scholars offered defenses of the idea. In the Nyingma school (originating around 760), karma can be taught at the third of four
Karma_in_Tibetan_Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhist scholar (1813–1899)
He achieved great renown as a scholar and writer, especially among the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages and composed over 90 volumes of Buddhist writing, including
Jamgon_Kongtrul
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
Monastery or Zang Dhok Palri Phodang is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma school, located at Kalimpong in West Bengal, India. The monastery was founded
Zang_Dhok_Palri_Phodang
Non-sectarian movement within Tibetan Buddhism
non-sectarianism and universalism. Teachers from all branches of Tibetan Buddhism – Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, Gelug, Jonang – and from Bon have been involved in the promoting
Rimé_movement
Spiritual and political leader of Tibet from 1642 to 1682
of Lhasa, to a prominent family of nobles with traditional ties to both Nyingma and Kagyu lineages. The aristocratic Zahor family into which he was born
5th_Dalai_Lama
School of Tibetan Buddhism
monks' hats as worn during formal occasions. The Red Hat sects are the Nyingma, Sakya and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The fourth school is Gelug
Red_Hat_sect
First or Primordial Buddha
expressed as one of three forms: the primordial Buddha Samantabhadra in the Nyingma and Bön traditions (not to be confused with the bodhisattva Samantabhadra)
Adi-Buddha
Contemplative Tibetan Buddhist practice
There is also another set of eight lojong slogans by Langri Tangpa. In the Nyingma tradition, there is a list of seven lojong slogans which are part of the
Lojong
Tibetan Buddhist imagery
major schools of Buddhism. They may also include what is known in the Nyingma and Kagyu sects as the "Three Roots" (Tibetan: tsa sum) which include the
Refuge_tree
Buddhist tantra of the Mahayoga class
Mahayoga class and the primary tantric text studied in the Nyingma tradition. It is the main Nyingma source for understanding empowerment, samaya, mantras
Guhyagarbha_tantra
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Ones, revealed by Karma Lingpa (1326–1386). It is the best-known work of Nyingma literature. In 1927, the text was one of the first examples of both Tibetan
Bardo_Thodol
Tibetan Buddhist lama
eleventh Mindrolling Trichen (pronunciation: Mìn-drolling). A lama of the Nyingma school, he served as the ceremonial head of the lineage and oversaw its
Mindrolling_Trichen
Tibetan Buddhist wrathful deity
but especially in Tibet, have practiced Vajrakilaya (especially in the Nyingma lineage, and among the Kagyu and also within the Sakya). The Sakya's main
Vajrakilaya
Palyul Nyingma Tibetan Buddhism, monk and tulku (1933–2009)
27 March 2009), was the 11th throneholder of the Palyul Lineage of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, and the 3rd Drubwang Padma Norbu. He is recognized
Penor_Rinpoche
Nyingma Buddhist Lama (1730–1798)
‹See RfD› Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) was a Tibetan tertön of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the promulgator of the Longchen Nyingthig,
Jigme_Lingpa
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Dêgê County, Sichuan, China
Wylie: rdzogs chen dgon) is one of the "Six Mother Monasteries" of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in Kham within modern day
Dzogchen_Monastery
Semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
Huineng Chinese Esoteric Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism Sakya Sakya Pandita Nyingma Longchenpa Gelug Tsongkhapa Four Tenets system Rangtong-Shentong Svatantrika-Prasaṅgika
Laozi
Controversy surrounding protector spirit of Gelug Buddhism
the Gelug school and the inclusion of non-Gelug teachings, especially Nyingma ones. In the 1930s, Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo, who favoured an "exclusive"
Dorje_Shugden_controversy
First female lama in Tibetan Buddhism
Mother of Tibetan Buddhism. Yeshe Tsogyal is the highest woman in the Nyingma Vajrayana lineage. Some sources say she, as Princess of Karchen, was either
Yeshe_Tsogyal
Nondualistic tantra tradition in Tibetan Buddhism
the main figures who developed the Jonang tradition on which the Kagyu, Nyingma, and the Tsarpa branch of the Sakya draw. The Jonang tradition mainly use
Kalachakra
11th century Tibetan monk and translator
of the 'Ancient Translation School' of the Nyingma. In particular, he wrote a long criticism of the Nyingma Guhyagarbha Tantra, as he failed to find any
Gö_Khugpa
Village in North India, India
several Tibetan monasteries and their support facilities representing the Nyingma school, the Karma Kagyu school, and the Sakya school. The Tibetan Colony
Bir_Tibetan_Colony
Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1486 to 1542
kun dga' rgyal mtshan), was a vow-holding Ngakpa of the Nyingma lineage and a famous Nyingma tantric master. His father and mother, Machik Kunga Pemo
2nd_Dalai_Lama
Bodhisattva
as Fugen, and is often venerated in Tendai and Shingon Buddhism. In the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, Samantabhadra is also the name of the Adi-Buddha
Samantabhadra_(Bodhisattva)
Buddhist institution in Bylakuppe, India
The Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery Institute (Tibetan: སྔ་འགྱུར་མཐོ་སློབ་མཚོ་རྒྱལ་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་ཐོས་བསམ་དགའ་བའི་ཚལ།) was founded by Penor Rinpoche in 1995. Buddhist
Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery Institute
Ngagyur_Nyingma_Nunnery_Institute
Tibetan Buddhist teacher and meditation master
Gyalwang Karmapa. In his youth he studied the Karma Kagyu, Drikung Kagyu, and Nyingma traditions. He also studied under Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche
Chökyi_Nyima_Rinpoche
God in Hinduism and Tantric Buddhism
the cloak of a māntrika "warlock". His imagery derives from terma of the Nyingma school and was adopted by the Karma Kagyu during the time of Karma Pakshi
Mahakala
Vajrayana Buddhist practice
Kalachakra tantra central to the Gelug school and Anuyoga as practised by the Nyingma school.[citation needed] According to most Tibetan Buddhist teachers, a
Karmamudrā
Highest female tulku (incarnation) in Tibet
became a renowned spiritual master not only for Samding but also for the Nyingma tradition, discovered some terma and died at Samye. Her skull is still
Samding_Dorje_Phagmo
One of the three bodies of a Buddha
("sky-clad"; Sanskrit: Digāmbara), unornamented, sky-blue Samantabhadra: In Nyingma icons, dharmakāya is symbolized by a naked, sky-coloured (light blue) male
Dharmakāya
Doctrinal distinction within Tibetan Buddhism
interpretation, and reintroducing Śāntarakṣita's nuances. For the Sakya and Nyingma schools, which participated in the Rimé movement, the Svātantrika–Prāsaṅgika
Svatantrika–Prasaṅgika distinction
Svatantrika–Prasaṅgika_distinction
Buddhist Lama (1924–2011)
younger generation of Nyingma lamas today including Sogyal Rinpoche. He is considered the spiritual heir of several senior Nyingma masters of the last century
Trulshik_Rinpoche
Buddhist meditation community
from the Tibetan Buddhist Karma Kagyu lineage, and to a lesser extent the Nyingma lineage. "Ter" means treasure in the Tibetan language - meaning the practices
Tergar_Meditation_Community
Tantric practices in Tibetan Buddhism
Mahayana, which provide a faster vehicle to liberation. For example, the Nyingma scholar Ju Mipham writes that secret mantra has a "distinctive abundance
Tibetan_tantric_practice
Deity in Tibetan Buddhism
inclusivity and the sharing of practices across different strands of Buddhism. Nyingma Buddhists were also forcibly converted by Pabongkhapa and his disciples
Dorje_Shugden
Tibetan lama (c. 1893 – 1959)
school transmissions such as lamdre lopshe and the Hevajra tantra, and many Nyingma terma teachings. In 1919, when he was twenty-six, he went to Dzogchen Monastery
Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Dzongsar_Khyentse_Chökyi_Lodrö
Buddhist differentiation of conventional and ultimate truth
Platform Sutra, where "essence" is the lamp and "function" its light. The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Two_truths_doctrine
Dominant school of Tibetan Buddhism
traveled Tibet studying under Kadam, Sakya, Drikung Kagyu, Jonang and Nyingma teachers. These include the Sakya scholar Rendawa (1349–1412), the Drikung
Gelug
American Buddhist teacher
(born 1934) is a Tibetan Vajrayana teacher and lama who introduced the Nyingma school tradition of Tibetan Buddhism to the United States. Tarthang Tulku
Tarthang_Tulku
Buddhist Vajrayana master, scholar, poet, and teacher (1910–1991)
recognized by Buddhists as one of the greatest realized masters. Head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism from 1988 to 1991, he is also considered an
Dilgo_Khyentse
Buddha
gradually displaced Samantabhadra, who is the 'Primordial Buddha' in the Nyingma, or 'Ancient School.' However, the two are metaphysically equivalent. Achieving
Vajradhara
Buddhist concept
Thurman (1994) interpreted the bardo, which is described originally as a Nyingma text, from a Geluk frame. Fremantle (2001: p. 53–54) charts the development
Bardo
Gyalwa Karmapa of Kagyu Tibetan Buddhism (1340–1383)
received the formal transmissions of both the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages from the great Nyingma guru Yungtönpa, the third Karmapa's spiritual heir, then
4th_Karmapa,_Rolpe_Dorje
of 770,000 followed either the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school, the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism or another school of Buddhism. Almost 22% of
Religion_in_Bhutan
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Basum, Tibet, China
Dzarongpu or Dzarong[citation needed], is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect in Basum Township, Dingri County, in Shigatse Prefecture of Tibet
Rongbuk_Monastery
Union of wisdom and emptiness
mahāmudrā. The Nyingma school and Bon practise Dzogchen, a cognate but distinct method of direct introduction to the principle of śūnyatā. Nyingma students
Mahamudra
Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1720 to 1757
Part of a series on Tibetan Buddhism Dharmachakra Schools Nyingma Bon Kadam Sakya Bodong Kagyu Jonang Gelug Rimé Key personalities First dissemination
7th_Dalai_Lama
Name attributed to various individuals
intimately associated with Orissa and with no other area of India. According to Nyingma tradition, King Ja (also known as Indrabhuti) taught himself intuitively
Indrabhuti
Buddhist Leader
Karnataka, India on December 4th 2024. He held both Drikung Kagyu and Nyingma lineages. The young boy was recognised by a delegation of high lamas, including
Ayang_Rinpoche
School of Tibetan Buddhism
pa rdo rje rgyal po, 1110–1170) who was the elder brother of the famous Nyingma lama Kadampa Desheg [de] (1122–1192) founder of Katok Monastery. Before
Kagyu
Buddhist monastery in Himachal Pradesh, northern India
Kungri Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism in the Pin Valley in Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, northern India
Kungri_Monastery
Buddhist philosophical concept
the Nyingma Tradition, pages 94-99, State University of New York Press, 2008 Douglas Duckworth. Mipam on Buddha-Nature, the Ground of the Nyingma Tradition
Buddha-nature
Vajrayana meditation practice
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Tummo
Tibetan lama
he met with Khenpo Munsel who became his root guru. Khenpo Munsel was a Nyingma master who taught him during the whole 20 years of his imprisonment. During
Garchen_Rinpoche
Tibetan Buddhism textual form
many different versions of lamrim, presented by different teachers of the Nyingma, Kagyu and Gelug schools. However, all versions of the lamrim are elaborations
Lamrim
History of Dzogchen teachings in Tibetan Buddhism and Bön
is a central teaching of the Yundrung Bon tradition as well as in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. In these traditions, Dzogchen is the highest
History_of_Dzogchen
Abandoned settlement in Tibet
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Tsaparang
In the Nyingma Tibetan Buddhist Dharma teachings faith's essence is to make one's being, and perfect dharma, inseparable. The etymology is the aspiration
Faith in Nyingma Buddhist Dharma
Faith_in_Nyingma_Buddhist_Dharma
Tibetan Buddhist master and writer (1939–1987)
Chokyi Gyatso, was a Tibetan Buddhist master and holder of both Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He was recognized by both Tibetan Buddhists
Chögyam_Trungpa
Concept within Tibetan Buddhism
that although later Nyingma authors such as Mipham attempted to harmonize the view of Dzogchen with Madhyamaka, the earlier Nyingma author Rongzom Chokyi
Rigpa
Spiritual head of Gelug Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia
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Jebtsundamba_Khutuktu
Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1816 to 1837
Part of a series on Tibetan Buddhism Dharmachakra Schools Nyingma Bon Kadam Sakya Bodong Kagyu Jonang Gelug Rimé Key personalities First dissemination
10th_Dalai_Lama
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Hay Meadow / Valley; Hay Field
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Of Laurentum. From the place of the laurel leaves. Can also be interpreted as the English...
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Home, Banner, Golden
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