B58-H.H. Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (1904-1987)

Tibetan Dharma King H.H. Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (1904-1987) was the first head of the Nyingma Sect in India after the Chinese took over Tibet. His monumental history of the lineage of that sect, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History, will be used for his bibliography because it includes short biographies of most of the major Patriarchs and Dharma Kings in the Nyingma lineage. It also includes reference to the second Dorje Chang Buddha in this world, Venerable Vimalakirti who was one who beseeched the Buddhas to send someone to continue the work of Shakyamuni Buddha after that great Buddha left this world.

This course is included even though it has not yet been developed as a course for LFBCS as it includes important historical information on many of the leaders of this Tibetan tradition. As such it is worthy of our study and will be added in the future.

Prerequisites: G02, G03(A), and D35(A)-128 Evil and Erroneous Views.