Jigme Lingpa was one of the most influential treasure revealers of the Nyingma tradition, best known for his Longchen Nyingtik treasury cycle. Active in in the eighteenth century in the Chonggye region, primarily at Pelri Monastery, and at the Chimpu cave complex above Samye Monastery, he received patronage from the king and queen of Derge, helping to promote Nyingma teachings in that kingdom and training many of the prominent Nyingma lamas from the Kham region, including the First Dodrubchen. ... read more at
