e/Namkhai Nyingpo

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has gloss	eng: Namkhai Nyingpo (Wylie: gNubs Nam-mkha’i sNying-po) is counted amongst the principal twenty-five disciples (Wylie: rje bang nyer lnga) of Padmasambhava. Namkhai Nyingpo was a realized practitioner of Shantarakshita’s tradition of Sutrayana and gradual Mahayana, as well as simultaneously being one of the most accomplished Tibetan practitioners of the Chinese Ch’an School (East Mountain Teachings), which transmits the Tönmun or sudden tradition of the Mahayana. In addition, Namkhai Nyingpo was also a realized master of the Dzogchen path (Atiyogayana) of self-liberation' (Wylie: rang grol), as well as a Master of the Tantric Path (Tantrayana) of transformation (specifically, the three Outer Tantra yana and the Inner Tantra yana bar Dzogchen according to the scheme of the Nyingmapa).
lexicalization	eng: Namkhai Nyingpo
instance of	(noun) a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism lama