Könchok Jikmé Wangpo

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Könchok Jikmé Wangpo (Tib. དཀོན་མཆོག་འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་པོ་, Wyl. dkon mchog 'jigs med dbang po) (1728-1791) was the incarnation of Jamyang Shyepa Ngawang Tsöndrü and principal disciple of Changkya Rolpé Dorje. In 1733, he composed his famous text on philosophical tenets, known as the Precious Garland (Tib. གྲུབ་མཐའ་རིན་ཆེན་ཕྲེང་བ་, Wyl. grub mtha' rin chen phreng ba). He was the teacher of Gungthang Tenpé Drönmé.

Further Reading

  • Geshe Lhundup Sopa and Jeffrey Hopkins, Cutting Through Appearances: The Practice and Theory of Tibetan Buddhism, Snow Lion, 1990

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