Jomo Sam’phel
Tsogyel Gé’phel Jong – December 1998
Jomo Sam’phel, amongst many other aspects, is a practitioner of Yeshé Tsogyel
and Padmasambhava. Ngakma Shardröl relates that Jomo Sam’phel was once asked about
her practice by a Western visitor. Jomo Sam’phel confided that she practised Padmasambhava
by day and Yeshé Tsogyel by night. When asked about the difference between the two, she
simply said: They are the same
but the questioner apparently did not understand what was being
said.
Ngak’chang Rinpoche’s comment on this story is that:
The questioner
assumed that Jomo Sam’phel meant that there was no difference between the two practices,
and therefore failed to apprehend her direct transmission of the nature of Mind. Yeshé
Tsogyel and Padmasambhava are none other than emptiness and form – wisdom and compassion
– and
so for Jomo Sam’phel to say that they are the same, is the same as saying that she dwells
in rigpa. For Jomo Sam’phel to have pointed this out was a great kindness – and
could
have been a startling moment of transmission. Such opportunities are sadly often missed.
