H.H. Jigme Phuntsok

H.H. Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok (1933–2004) was an incarnation of Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa and an emanation of Mipham Rinpoche. He founded the Centre for the Five Traditional Sciences and Higher Buddhist Studies near Serthar, known as Larung Gar, and is revered as one of the great Dzogchen masters of modern times. His writings and teachings are very well known in China and Tibet.

His Holiness established the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Serthar, eastern Tibet, which grew to become one of the largest Buddhist institutions in the world, with tens of thousands of monks, nuns, and lay practitioners.

Throughout his life, H.H. Jigme Phuntsok revealed numerous termas and composed extensive writings on Buddhist philosophy and practice, collected in four volumes that the MDTH Translation Project is working to translate into English.