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Nyoshul LungtokTenpai Nyima Gyaltsen PalzangpoThis great being stood out like the clear, white moon among the constellations of Patrul Rinpoche’s students, a master of the ultimate lineage of realization, one endowed with the nine qualities of someone holy: he was wise, benevolent, powerful, erudite, venerable, noble and so forth. From an early age Lungtok manifested the signs of someone naturally holy, demonstrating an inherent grasp of love, compassion and bodhicitta. He mastered these qualities by repeating the mantra of Avalokiteshvara, the exalted bodhisattva of compassion, as his personal spiritual practice. To Lungtok, Patrul Rinpoche was the outstanding lord of his buddha family, the guru with whom he had shared a karmic connection for lifetimes. Patrul Rinpoche cared for Lungtok with loving affection and for twenty-eight years Lungtok Tenpai Nyima acted as Patrul’s attendant, inseparable from his master. Patrul Rinpoche empowered Lungtok as his regent in the ultimate sense, that of realization, bestowing on him in their entirety the tantras, explanatory commentaries and pith instructions of the secret Nyingtik teachings of utter lucidity as well as all the written works of the Omniscient One Longchenpa and his spiritual heir, Jigme Lingpa. Lungtok carried out the requisite intensive retreats and following his guru’s instructions he taught countless fortunate students the entire range of the secret and profound Nyingtik teachings of utter lucidity. He lived thus until the age of seventy-two, a protector of all the teachings and all beings, manifesting unparalleled spiritual activities, masterfully meeting the needs of individual students. It was from this holy guru that Vajradhara Ngagi Wangpo received the tantras, explanatory commentaries and pith instructions of the Dzogchen approach to utter lucidity. |
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