Yeshe Lama

Jikmé Lingpa

Yeshe Lama (Wyl. ye shes bla ma)

1. A famous guide or manual (Tib. triyik; Wyl. khrid yig) of Dzogchen practice written by Rigdzin Jikmé Lingpa. It is said to be a summary of the Vima Nyingtik. "Based on the innermost, unexcelled cycle of the category of pith instructions, it incorporates the essence of the Dzogchen tantras, and presents primarily the practical instructions for trekchö and tögal, along with instructions for liberation in the bardo states, and liberation in pure nirmanakaya realms." (from Dzogchen, The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection end notes, p.240)
2. The sixteenth bhumi, according to Dzogchen.

Commentaries

In Tibetan

• Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima, The Lamp of Clarity: Notes on the Difficult Points of the Wisdom Guru Instruction Manual (khrid yig ye shes bla ma'i dka' gnas zin bris gsal ba'i sgron me)
• Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, rdzogs pa chen po ye shes bla ma'i spyi don snying thig ma bu'i lde mig kun bzang thugs kyi TI k+ka

Translations

• Vidyadhara Jigmed Lingpa, Yeshe Lama, translated by Lama Chönam and Sangye Khandro, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2009 (restricted publication)

Teachings on Yeshe Lama

• Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Shechen Monastery, Nepal, 7-14 March 1988
• Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Prapoutel, 22-25 August 1990
• Kyabjé Mingyur Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 5-13 July 2008

Further Reading

• Sam van Schaik, Approaching the Great Perfection: Simultaneous and Gradual Methods of Dzogchen Practice in the Longchen Nyingtig, Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003, pp. 311-317