Jigme Lingpa
Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798) was a reincarnation of Vimalamitra and King Trisong Detsen . As the embodiment of these masters, two primary Dzogchen lineages were combined in him—the Vima Nyingtik and Khandro Nyingtik, both of which are contained in the Nyingtik Yapshi. Hence, the Lengthen Nyingtik terma cycle is considered a condensation of these profound teachings. Jigme Lingpa discovered the Longchen Nyingtik teachings as mind terma at the age of twenty-eight. In the earth-hare year (1759) he started another three-year retreat at Chimpu. During that retreat, because he was inspired by three successive pure visions of Longchen Rabjam, and he was urged by repeated requests of dakinis, he transcribed his terma as the cycle of Longchen Nyingtik. On the 10th day of the 6th month (monkey month) of the monkey year (1764) he made his terma public for the first time by conferring the transmission of empowerment and the instructions upon fifteen disciples.
Paltul Rinpoche
Patrul Rinpoche (1808-1887) from Kham area was one of the most illustrious spiritual teachers of the nineteenth century t hough he lived the life of a vagabond. His root teacher was Jigme Gyalwai Gyugu, from whomhe received no less than twenty five times the teachings on the preliminary practices of Longchen Nyingtik, which he later wrote into a famous book named The Words of My Perfect Teacher. While dwelling for long periods near Dzogchen Monastery in the isolated hermitages of Rudam, such as
