Jamgön Ju Mipham Gyatso

Mipham Gyamtso
Born1846 (1846)
Died1912 (aged 6566)
Philosophical work
RegionBuddhist philosophy
SchoolNyingma
Main interestsMadhyamaka, Dzogchen, Pramana
Notable worksBeacon of Certainty
Commentary on Śāntarakṣita’s Ornament of the Middle Way
Trilogy of Innate Mind
Lion’s Roar: Exposition of Buddha-Nature
Notable ideasHis two models of the two truths doctrine, fourfold pramana (valid cognition), unity of purity and equality
Jamgön Ju Mipham Gyatso
Tibetan name
Tibetan འཇམ་མགོན་འཇུ་མི་ཕམ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
Transcriptions
Wylie'jam mgon 'ju mi pham rnam rgyal rgya mtsho
THLJu Mipam Namgyel Gyamtso
Lhasa IPA[d̠ʑàmɡøn tɕù mìpʰam námcɛː(l) càmtsʰo]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese米龐仁波切
Simplified Chinese米庞仁波切
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǐpáng Rénbōqiē

Jamgön Ju Mipham Gyatso, or Mipham Jamyang Namgyal Gyamtso (1846–1912) (also known as "Mipham the Great") was a very influential philosopher and polymath of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. He wrote over 32 volumes on topics such as painting, poetics, sculpture, alchemy, medicine, logic, philosophy and tantra. Mipham's works are still central to the scholastic curriculum in Nyingma monasteries today. Mipham is also considered to be one of the leading figures in the Rimé (non-sectarian) movement in Tibet.