Mañjuśrīmitra
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Mañjuśrīmitra (Tibetan: Jampelshenyen, ཇམ་དཔལ་བཤེས་གཉེན་; Wylie: 'Jam-dpal-bshes-gnyen) was an Indian Buddhist scholar, the main student of Guru Garab Dorje and a teacher of Dzogchen.
He was senior contemporary of Guru Garab Dorje and probably was born on the island now called Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Prior to his meeting with Guru Garab Dorje he was a resident at a Buddhist university. Some sources mention the Nalanda university. Mañjuśrīmitra was considered one of the most important Yogachara scholars at the time.
Many of Mañjuśrīmitra's works deal with a tantric text Mañjuśrīnāmasamgīti.
He was the person who divided the Dzogchen teachings into three series of Semde, Longde and Manngagde.
One of the main works of Mañjuśrīmitra is Gold refined from ore. He is said to have transmitted the Dzogchen teachings to Sri Singha.
[edit] See Also
- Atiyoga
- Prahevajra
- Sri Singha
- Vimalamitra
- Padmasambhava
[edit] References
- Mañjuśrīmitra. Primordial experience. An Introduction to rDzogs-chen Meditiation. Translated by Namkhai Norbu and Kennard Lipman in collaboration with Barrie Simmons. Shambhala, Boston & London, 2001.
