Editing Longchenpa (section)

=== Youth ===
Longchen Rabjam was born in 1308 in a village in the Dra Valley in Yuru, [[Ü-Tsang|U-Tsang]].{{sfnp|Longchenpa|2020|p=xxvi}} He was born to the Nyingma lama Lopon [[Tenpasung|Tsensung]], a descendent of the Rog clan.{{sfnp|Longchenpa|2020|p=xxvi}} Longchenpa's mother died when he was nine and his father died two years after. After being orphaned, he entered [[Samye|Samye monastery]] in 1320 under the Abbot Sonam Rinchen and master Lopon Kunga Ozer.{{sfnp|Longchenpa|2020|p=xxvi}} Longchenpa was an avid student with a great capacity for memory.{{sfnp|Longchenpa|2020|p=xxvii}}

In 1327, Longchenpa moved to the [[Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism)|Kadam]] monastic college of [[Sangpu Neutok]], the most esteemed center of learning in Tibet at the time. He stayed for six years at Sangpu, mastering the entire scholastic curriculum of [[Buddhist logico-epistemology|logical-epistemology]], [[Yogachara|yogacara]] and [[madhyamaka]] as well as poetics.{{sfnp|Longchenpa|2020|p=xxvii}}{{sfnp|Lobel|2018|p=88}} During this period, Longchenpa also received teachings and transmissions from different Tibetan Buddhist traditions, including Kadam, [[Sakya]], [[Kagyu]] and [[Nyingma]].{{sfnp|Longchenpa|2020|p=xxviii-xxix}} Longchenpa studied under various teachers, including the famous Third Karmapa [[Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama|Rangjung Dorje]] (1284-1339), from whom he received the six yogas of the [[Kalachakra|Kālacakra]] and the [[Six Dharmas of Naropa|six dharmas of Nāropa]].{{sfnp|Arguillère|2007|p=49-51}}

Longchenpa left Sangpu to practice in the solitude of the mountains, after coming into conflict with certain Khampa scholars.{{sfnp|Rabjam|1996|p=145–188}} After leaving Sangpu, Longchenpa entered a period of retreat for eight months in complete darkness (winter 1332–1333), where he had some important visions of a young girl who promised to watch over him and grant him blessings.{{sfnp|Arguillère|2007|p=87-91}} Afterwards, Longchenpa met his main teacher, the [[Ngagpa]] [[Rigdzin Kumaradza]] (1266-1343), from whom he received Dzogchen teachings while traveling from valley to valley with a [[nomad]]ic group of about seventy students.{{sfnp|van Schaik|2011|p=93-94}}{{sfnp|Longchenpa|2020|p=xxx}} It is said Longchenpa lived in great poverty during this period, sleeping on a sack and eating only barley.{{sfnp|Arguillère|2007|p=94}}

Longchenpa accompanied Kumaradza and his disciples for two years, during which time he received all of Rigdzin Kumaradza's transmissions (mainly focusing on the ''[[Vima Nyingtik|Vima Nyingthig]]'' and the ''[[Khandro Nyingthig]])''. Longchenpa was permitted to teach after a three-year period of retreat (1336-1338) in mChims phu, not far from Samye (according to the ''mThong snang ’od kyi dra ba'', other sources give longer periods like six years).{{sfnp|Longchenpa|2020|p=xxxii}}{{sfnp|van Schaik|2011|p=94}}{{sfnp|Arguillère|2007|p=94}} He is said to have had various visions of different deities, including Padmasambhava, black Vajravārāhī, Guru drag po, and the goddess Adamantine Turquoise Lamp (''rDo rje gyu sgron ma''){{sfnp|Arguillère|2007|p=94}}