Jigme Phuntsok

Jigme Phuntsok, 1933-2004, was a renowned dharma teacher who spent much of his life traveling throughout Tibet establishing a series of retreats, the most well known of which was Larung Gar in a remote region of eastern Tibet known as Sertar. Jigme Phuntsok was one of the most influential lama of the Nyingma tradition in contemporary Tibet. He played an important role in revitalizing the teaching of Buddhism following the liberalization of religious practice in 1980. Jigme Phuntsok was also an extraordinary Terton (treasure revealer), uncovering many treasures texts in Tibet, China, and India.