Jamyang Gyatso

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Jamyang Gyatso

འཇམ་དབྱངས་རྒྱ་མཚོ

Jamyang Gyatso ('jam dbyang rgya mtsho, b. 17??–d. 1800). One of Shabkar's root teachers. He was a highly accomplished master thoroughly versed in the teachings of both the Nyingma and Sarma traditions; he instructed Shabkar in the mind-training teachings and gave him many empowerments from the cycles of Nyingma treasures, including the Longchen Nyingthig of the vidyadhara Jigme Lingpa. (Source: Food of Bodhisattvas, 136.)

Jamyang Gyatso ('jam dbyangs rgya mtsho, d. 1800) was a lama of both Nyingma and Geluk traditions. Jamyang Gyatso met Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol around 1797 and gave him a number of transmissions of Nyingma treasure cycles, including those of Tennyi Lingpa (bstan gnyis gling pa, 1480-1535), Karma Lingpa (kar ma gling pa, b. 1326) and Jigme Lingpa ('jigs med gling pa, 1729-1798), as well as Lojong (blo sbyong) training. (Adapted from Treasury of Lives, May 18, 2026)

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Nyingma - The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century. Tib རྙིང་མ་  

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Sarma - The new Buddhist schools which began to rise in the second millennium in Tibet after Buddhism declined in the ninth century as a result of the fall of the Yarlung dynasty. The Sarma schools were mostly based on Buddhist teachings freshly received from India and Nepal in contrast to the revival of the old teachings which already existed in Tibet. Tib གསར་མ།  

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Geluk - The Geluk tradition traces its origin to Tsongkhapa, who propagated a modified version of the Kadampa lojong and lamrim teachings. It is the dominant tradition of Tibet, having established its control of the government under the figure of the Dalai Lama. Tib དགེ་ལུགས་  

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