H.H. Khenchen Jikme Phuntsok Jungné Rinpoche (Tibetan: འཇིགས་མེད་ཕུན་ཚོགས་འབྱུང་གནས་, Wylie: 'jigs med phun tshogs 'byung gnas; Chinese: 晉美彭措) was an incarnation of Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa (as was Sogyal Rinpoche) and an emanation of Mipham Rinpoche who was closely associated with the Palyul Lineage of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, both headed by H.H. Penor Rinpoche at the end of the 20th century. He received ordination as a novice at age 14, and full monastic vows at 22 in 1955. He became widely renowned as a "treasure revealer" in his own right, particularly for discovering several sites of archeological interest, and for terma teachings focusing on Manjushri and Vajrakila.
In 1980, Khenpo Jigphun established Larung Gar at theH.H. Khenchen Jikme Phuntsok Jungné Rinpoche (Tibetan: འཇིགས་མེད་ཕུན་ཚོགས་འབྱུང་གནས་, Wylie: 'jigs med phun tshogs 'byung gnas; Chinese: 晉美彭措) was an incarnation of Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa (as was Sogyal Rinpoche) and an emanation of Mipham Rinpoche who was closely associated with the Palyul Lineage of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, both headed by H.H. Penor Rinpoche at the end of the 20th century. He received ordination as a novice at age 14, and full monastic vows at 22 in 1955. He became widely renowned as a "treasure revealer" in his own right, particularly for discovering several sites of archeological interest, and for terma teachings focusing on Manjushri and Vajrakila.
In 1980, Khenpo Jigphun established Larung Gar at the site of the former hermitage of Dudjom Lingpa in Sichuan Province, starting with a small shedra (commentarial school) and retreat center, which quickly swelled to become the largest center of Buddhist learning in the world. The Serthar Institute and its associated Pema Khandro Duling Nunnery was the first in Tibetan history to grant the Khenpo degree to women....more
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