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((Short description|Dzogchen master (1266–1343)))
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[[File:Rigdzin_Kumaradza.jpg|thumb|Rigdzin Kumaradza, an important figure in the Seminal Heart tradition of the renaissance period.]]

'''Rigdzin Kumaradza''' (1266–1343)<ref>Thondup, Tulku & Harold Talbott (Editor)(1996). ''Masters of Meditation and Miracles: Lives of the Great Buddhist Masters of India and Tibet''. Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Shambhala, South Asia Editions. ((ISBN|1-57062-113-6)) (alk. paper); ((ISBN|1-56957-134-1)) p.381</ref> was a [[Dzogchen]] master in the lineage of the ''[[Vima Nyingthig]]''.<ref>Thondup, Tulku & Harold Talbott (Editor)(1996). ''Masters of Meditation and Miracles: Lives of the Great Buddhist Masters of India and Tibet''. Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Shambhala, South Asia Editions. ((ISBN|1-57062-113-6)) (alk. paper); ((ISBN|1-56957-134-1)) p.29</ref>

==Nomenclature, orthography and etymology==

[[Kumārarāja]], [[Kumārāja]] and [[Kumaraja]] (Sanskrit) is sometimes also orthographically represented as [[Kumārarādza]] and [[Kumārādza]].

==Overview==
Kumaradza was a [[Tibet]]an [[yogi]]c [[mendicant]] famous for his [[tapas|austere]] [[nomadic]] lifestyle and deep [[flow (psychology)|flow]] [[meditation]] styles. Nomadic in orientation and obscure in [[siddhi]], he was renowned as genuine realizer of [[Vajrayana]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] luminous clarity.((citation needed|date=December 2014)) Kumaradza's [[esoteric]] processes reflected a kindly though abrupt and forceful demeanor. There are accounts of how some of his students were meditating in mere animal skin shelters as quasi-impromptu protection against ferocious [[desert|high desert]] winds. These small camps subsisted on scant donations. The focus of his practices concentrated on secret cognizance yogas of "naked awareness" or "natural mind" ([[rigpa]]).((citation needed|date=December 2014))

His striking purview of existence was very powerful, particularly in how he applied his [[consciousness]] to matters at hand. For he was considered one of the most realized masters of his day. Sought after and admired but his processes and teachings were stringent for most beings to undertake due to his rigorous approaches and dogged regimens.((citation needed|date=December 2014))

He stolidly adhered to tenets of [[Dzogpa Chenpo]] methods of enlightening awareness. And he was also versed in [[Maha Mudra]] processings of liberation from "afflictions" and "obscurations" [[Kleshas (Buddhism)|kleshas]] of mind. He was likely familiar with Maha [[Madyamika]] and various intellectual traditions of meditational development current in those [[Himalaya]]n regions. But recountings((which|date=December 2014)) indicate he must have preferred [[Dzog Chen]] or some combination of Dzog Chen and Maha Mudra.

Kumaradza's name can be recognized and translated as an epithet for [[Vajra Kilaiya]] or [[Dorje Phurbu]], one of the chief protectors of [[Nyingma]]pas and important to [[Sakya (Tibetan Buddhist school)|Sakyapa]] and [[Kahjyupa]] schools. Rikzin Kumaradza could be said to mean "Rigpa Holder Of Kilaiya Regency", or "Awakened Ruler Of Royal Purba", or "Awareness Master King Of Tri-Dagger". Implication being, that Kumaradza is accomplished in realization and liberation and enlightening for beings of the three worlds of past and present and future, as well desire realms and form ranges and formless zones, and also could be interpreted as glowing with [[Dharmakaya]], [[Sambhogakaya]] and [[Nirmanakaya]] eyes.((according to whom|date=December 2014))

==Instructor==
Kumaradza was a senior disciple of [[Melong Dorje]] (1243–1303). Kumaradza studied with the grand master [[Orgyenpa]] (1230–1309), who conveyed teachings of 'Vimalamitra's Seminal Heart' (((bo|t=བི་མ་སྙིང་ཐིག་|w=bi ma snying thig))) upon him.((citation needed|date=December 2014))

==Successor==
Kumararaja transmitted the complete set of all the Nyingthig teachings he held upon [[Longchen Rabjam]] who became his 'heart son', principal disciple and lineage successor.<ref>Thondup, Tulku & Harold Talbott (Editor)(1996). ''Masters of Meditation and Miracles: Lives of the Great Buddhist Masters of India and Tibet''. Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Shambhala, South Asia Editions. ((ISBN|1-57062-113-6)) (alk. paper); ((ISBN|1-56957-134-1)) p.111</ref>

[[Dudjom]] (1904–1987) ''et al.'' (1991: p.&nbsp;579) hold that just prior to the arrival of Longchenpa, Kumaraja relates to his disciples:
<blockquote>"Last night I dreamt that a wonderful bird, which announced itself to be a divine bird, came with a large flock in attendance, and carried away my books in all directions. Therefore, someone will come to hold my lineage."<ref name=NH579>((cite book| author1 = Dudjom Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje |author-link1=Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (2nd Dudjom Rinpoche) |first2=Gyurme |last2=Dorje |author-link2=Gyurme Dorje  |editor1-last=Kapstein |editor1-first=Matthew |editor1-link=Matthew Kapstein| title=The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals & History |year=1991 |location=Boston |publisher=Wisdom Publications |isbn=0-86171-087-8 |volume=1|pages=579))</ref></blockquote>

Kumaraja accepted no outer tribute from Lonchenpa for the teachings he received as Kumararaja through his supernormal cognitive powers discerned that Longchenpa was blameless and had offered his tribute internally.<ref name=NH579 />

Rigdzin Kumaradza is acclaimed as the seminal instructor for both [[Longchen Rabjampa]] and the Third Karmapa [[Rangjyung Dorjy]]. Kumaradza held the teachings of the 'Innermost Spirituality' (bi ma snying thig) which would have given both Lonchenpa and Rangjyungla the impetus to undergo the journey to receive his instruction and endure the significant privation of the teaching environment. Kumaradza, was crucial in drawing out Longchenpa's and Rangjyung Dorjy's realizations and luminances and interests, especially in collecting and compiling texts relevant to profound awakening. For both Longchen and Rangjyung are praised and read and recited even today as master realizers, as great writers and strong thinkers with particularly keen minds. [[Gompa]]s and monasteries, nunneries and centers of meditation, on worldwide scale though in rarefied manner, practice those proven techniques and wonderful yogas of devotion on daily basis. Kumaradza is in the process of becoming a more regarded figure in Tibetan spiritual lore as it spreads internationally and translations are now somewhat more frequently referring to his remarkable influences.

The [[Longchen Nyingtik]] tradition of the [[Nyingma]] school as revealed by [[Jikmey Lingpa]], who flourished in the seventeen hundreds, is through Longchenpa greatly indebted to Kumaradza. The Karma Kamtsang branch, as well as others of the [[Kahjyupa]] school, are additionally beholden and certainly enhanced via Rangjyung Dorjy's potent songs and dohas and meditation [[Puja (Buddhism)|puja]]s where Kumaradza's spacious [[mindstream|mind flow]] is evident in fine resonance.

==Namtars==
Kumaradza accounts, or ''namtars'', of his life are available in recent translations into English, ''The Nyingma School Of Tibetan Buddhism'', ''Masters Of Meditation And Miracles'', ''Marvelous Garland Of Rare Gems'', among others. Nobly, he conversed fluently with glowing deities of enlightening liberation for all beings. Since, in being trained as an artist, his vivid and vital awareness visions were exquisite arrays of mandalas. For he was proficient devotee of [[Vajra Yogini]], acknowledged as mother of all buddhas. He was inspirited by essential protectors: [[Ekajati]] and Kyabjyuk Rahula and Vajra Sadhu Lekpa.

There are no known extent writings, or not currently translated, by him.

==See also==
*[[Nelug Dzö (gnas lugs mdzod)]]

==Notes==
((Reflist))

==References==
* ((cite book| author1 = Dudjom Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje |author-link1=Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (2nd Dudjom Rinpoche) |first2=Gyurme |last2=Dorje |author-link2=Gyurme Dorje  |editor1-last=Kapstein |editor1-first=Matthew |editor1-link=Matthew Kapstein| title=The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals & History |year=1991 |location=Boston |publisher=Wisdom Publications |isbn=0-86171-087-8))  
* Thondup, Tulku & Harold Talbott (Editor)(1996). ''Masters of Meditation and Miracles: Lives of the Great Buddhist Masters of India and Tibet''. Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Shambhala, South Asia Editions. ((ISBN|1-57062-113-6)) (alk. paper); ((ISBN|1-56957-134-1))
* Khenpo, Nyoshul (2005). ''A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage (A Spiritual History of the Teachings of Natural Great Perfection)''. Translated by Richard Barron. ((ISBN|1-881847-41-1)).

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