Vimalamitra () was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk. His teachers were
Buddhaguhya
Buddhaguhya (fl. c.700 CEHodge, Stephen (2003). ''The Maha-Vairocana-Abhisambodhi Tantra: With Buddhaguhya's Commentary''. Routledge. . P.22 Refer(accessed: October 30, 2007)) was a Vajrayana Buddhist scholar-monk. He taught at Nālandā and Vār ...
,
Jñānasūtra and
Śrī Siṃha. He was supposed to have vowed to take rebirth every hundred years,
with the most notable figures being Rigzin Jigme Lingpa, Khenchen Ngagchung, Kyabje Drubwang Penor Rinpoche and Kyabje Yangthang Rinpoche. He was one of the eight teachers of the great Indian adept Guru
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava ("Born from a Lotus"), also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru) and the Lotus from Oḍḍiyāna, was a tantric Buddhist Vajra master from India who may have taught Vajrayana in Tibet (circa 8th – 9th centuries)... According ...
. Centuries later,
terma and various works were attributed to him.
Chatral Sangye Dorji (1913-2016) was said to have received a mala rosary from a man who was at the time dressed as an Indian Sadhu. It was only later that Rinpoche told his attendants that he received a mala on that day from Vimalamitra in reality. The attendants were curious and returned to the place where they had met a sadhu only to be left dumbstruck. The sadhu was not to be found anywhere. One scholar remarked that the historical Vimalamitra "would have been astonished to find himself the focus of such a tradition."
[Davidson, Ronald M. ''Tibetan Renaissance'', p. 229. Columbia University Press, 2005.]
Attributed works
Among the works which have been attributed to Vimalamitra is the
Vima Nyingthig. However, scholars are not in agreement as to which works he actually authored.
See also
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Eleven vajra topics
References
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Nyingma lamas
Tibetan Buddhists from India
8th-century Buddhist monks
Indian Buddhist monks