Patrul Namkha Jikmé
Patrul Namkha Jikmé (Wyl. dpal sprul nam mkha' 'jigs med) aka Padma Khalong Yangpa Tsal and Tulku Namkha Jikmé (1888-1960) of Dzachukha was a son of Dudjom Lingpa and of Akyabza Kalzang Drönma [1].
His up-coming birth was announced to his father Dudjom Lingpa when, one night, in a dream, “Dudjom Lingpa’s primary doctrine guardian appeared with news that Patrul Rinpoche, who had recently passed away, would soon arrive” [2]. Patrul Namkha Jikmé was recognised by Dza Tsamtrul Rinpoche Kunzang Dechen Dorje and Dudjom Lingpa as an incarnation of Patrul Rinpoche, and enthroned at Dzagyal Monastery, in Dzachukha, where his previous incarnation had formerly resided, and where he went to live.
Patrul Namkha Jikmé’s two main teachers were his father Dudjom Lingpa, and Géming Khenpo Künpal. He revealed nine volumes of terma, and constructed a Shedra at Dza Pukhung Gön and a Zabchö Shitro Gongpa Rangdrol Drubdra at Dzagyal Monastery.
Writings
- tshig gsum gnad du brdeg pa'i spyi 'grel de kho na nyid gsum gsal ba'i rgyan
Students
Among Patrul Namkha Jikmé’s main students are:
- Chad lo Tsering, Khen Sherab
- Dungsé Kunzang Lungtok Pelgyé Pal Zangpo
- Khandroma Kunzang Wangmo
- Khen Bumdar
- Khen Gyurme Namgyal
- Khenpo Petse Rinpoche aka Khen Padma Tsewang Lhündrub, referred to as the Chödak Lobmé Tsok
- Khen Sönam Tsering
- Lama Kündar
- Longs Chö
- Lungzin Tenpai Saljé
- Remo Kunzang Wangmo
- Sherab Mebar
His main dharma heir was his own daughter, Khandroma Kunzang Wangmo, a great-daughter of Dudjom Lingpa.
Notes
- ↑ Akyabza Kalzang Drönma was the third consort of Dudjom Lingpa, and also the mother of Tulku Lhatop and of Tulku Dorje Dradül.
- ↑ Traktung Dudjom Lingpa, A Clear Mirror: The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master, translated by Chonyi Drolma, North Atlantic Books, 2011.
