In the Sakya tradition, there is something called the Collection of Tantras, which contains lots of volumes, basically a collection of all tantric teachings that originated in India. Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche had a big say in this. Without Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, the Sakyapas couldn’t have done that. Similarly, in the Nyingma tradition, treasure teaching are one of the most important aspects. In fact, nowadays many Nyingmapa lamas brag about the Rinchen Terdzo. There’s almost one thousand different treasure teachings. Who compiled those treasure teachings? Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye. No need to mention at all even what Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye did for the Kagyupas, just compiling the Gyachen Kadzo and the collection of the Karma Kagyu teachings, for that alone I don’t think we could manage to repay his kindness and his contribution to Buddhism in general.
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamgon Kongtrul were really great rime masters. Nowadays being so-called rime is a very politically correct thing to do, it’s a very good marketing tool. So many lamas will brag about being rime, but unfortunately I have to say, even some of the high lamas, it’s just so sad to see they are just one inch better than the Taliban basically. [laughter] If not for the fundamental message of nonviolence of the Buddha, the Tibetan four schools of Buddhism could have killed each other by now, just like the Protestants and the Catholics, the Shiite and the Sunnis.
And therefore I take this as a very small service to Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche’s incredible work, to remember him.