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Drikung Kagyu

April 04, 2023

Drikung Kagyü or Drigung Kagyü (Wylie: 'bri-gung bka'-brgyud) is one of the eight "minor" lineages of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. "Major" here refers to those Kagyü lineages founded by the immediate disciples of Gampopa (1079-1153), while "minor" refers to all the lineages founded by disciples of Gampopa's main disciple, Phagmo Drupa (1110-1170). One of these disciples, Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217), is the founder of Drikung.

Drikung Kagyu Lineage Tree

History

 
Phagmodrupa with His Previous Incarnations and Episodes from His Life, 14th-century painting from the Rubin Museum of Art
 
Jigten Sumgon, founder of Drikung Kagyü

Like with all other Kagyu lineages, origins of Drikung Kagyü can be traced back to the Great Indian Master Tilopa who passed on his teachings to Mahasiddha Naropa who lived around 10th and 11th century. The founder of the Drikung Kagyü lineage was Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217) of the Kyura clan,[1] who was the disciple of Phagmo Drupa. According to historical account from the time, Jigten Sumgön's teachings attracted more than 100,000 people at a time, with the highest number of attendance recorded at 130,000.[2]

Several sub-schools branched off from the Drikung Kagyü including the Lhapa or Lhanangpa Kagyü, founded by Nö Lhanangpa (Wylie: gnyos lha nang pa, 1164–1224) who came to Bhutan in 1194. This school was at one time important in Western Bhutan, particularly in the Thimphu and Paro regions, where they were rivals of the Drukpa Kagyü. The Lhapa first came into conflict with the early Drukpa teacher, Phajo Drugom Zhigpo (b. 12th century)[3] and finally with Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651). In 1640 the remaining followers of the Lhapa Kagyü were expelled from Bhutan together with the Nenyingpa followers as both had sided with the attacking Tsangpa forces against the Drukpa during their three invasions of Bhutan and continued to refuse to acknowledge the authority of the Shabdrung.[4]

Teaching and practice

The unique doctrines of Drikung Kagyü as taught by its founder, Jigten Sumgön is preserved in "The Single Intention" or "One thought of Drikung" (Drikung Gongchig, Wylie: dgongs gcig)[5] and "The Essence of Mahāyāna Teachings" (Wylie: theg chen bstan pa'i snying po). According to Jampa MacKenzie Stewart, the Gonchik "recasts Buddhism in a fascinating and innovative form, emphasizing each aspect as being capable of revealing the full process of enlightenment."[6]

The main practices of Drikung Kagyü are “The Five-fold Profound Path of Mahamudrā,” and “The Six Dharmas of Nāropa.” The five-fold Mahamudrā, also known as the "possessing five", consists of five elements:[7]

This practice is traditionally cultivated in retreat alongside the Six Dharmas of Naropa, and it is preceded by the preliminary practices called ngondro.[8]

This presentation is outlined in Clarifying the Jewel Rosary of the Profound Five-Fold Path by Kunga Rinchen, the Dharma heir to Jigten Sumgön.

The Drikung Kagyü also have a tradition of Dzogchen teachings, the Yangzab Dzogchen.[9] It is based on termas revealed by the Drikung Tertön (hidden treasure revealer), Rinchen Phuntsog in the sixteenth century.

Phowa

The Drikung lineage is popularly known for its development of the practice of Phowa, in which a practitioner learns how to expel his/her consciousness or mindstream through the posterior fontanelle at the top of the skull at the moment of death. One of the Six Yogas of Naropa, this practice is said to aid the practitioner in remaining aware through the death experience, thus aiding one in attaining enlightenment in the Bardo (the state in between death and the next rebirth) or in achieving a birth conducive to the practice of Dharma.

Monasteries and centers

 
A building in Drikung monastery overlooking the valley, Maizhokunggar County, Lhasa, Tibet

The first and main Drikung Kagyü monastery is Drikung Thil Monastery,[10] founded in 1179[10] by Jigten Sumgön[10] approximately 150 kilometers northeast of Lhasa.

Aside from the Drikung Valley in Ü, the Drikung Kagyu has a strong presence in Nangqên County in what was Kham, in western Tibet (including Kailash), and in Ladakh. Tsari and Lapchi - two important sacred sites for all Tibetan Buddhists - also have a strong Drikung Kagyu presence. Among the so-called "four major and eight minor" Kagyu lineages, Drikung Kagyu is one of four Kagyu lineages that continue to exist as independent institutions (the other three being the Karma Kagyu, Drukpa Lineage and Taklung Kagyu).

Outside of Tibet, the headquarters for the tradition in exile is Jangchubling, located in Dhera Dun, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.[11]

Drikung Kagyu is one of the most prominent lineages in Ladakh where its main monasteries are Phyang and Lamayuru, with roughly 50 other monasteries spread across Ladakh region.

A series of Drikung Dharma centers were also founded in the West, a project begun by Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche in 1978.[12]

Lineage notes

Spiritual heads

Main article: Drikungpa
 
Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, the thirty-seventh and current Drikung Kyabgon, the head of the Drikung order

From the founding of Drikung Thil Monastery in 1179 to the present day, the Drikung Kagyü lineage has been led by a succession of spiritual heads ("throne-holders"). One of the two current heads of the lineage, Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche,[13][14] Könchok Tenzin Kunzang Thinley Lhundrup (b. 1946),[15] the 37th Drikungpa resides at Drikung Kagyü Institute at Dehra Dun, India.[14] The other head of the Drikung Kagyü Lineage, the 36th Drikungpa, Drikung Kyabgön Chungtsang Rinpoche, Könchok Tenzin Chökyi Nangwa (b. 1942) lives in Lhasa, Tibet.[16]

Female protector

Another unique feature of the Drikung lineage is its female dharmapāla, Achi Chokyi Drolma. The great-grandmother of Jigten Sumgön,[17] she prophesied his birth and vowed to protect those in his lineage. She is unusual in that she is both a female protector and an enlightened bodhisattva that can be taken as an iṣṭadevatā in meditation practice. She is depicted either sitting on a horse or standing with a kapala in her left hand and a mirror in her right hand.[18] Achi's practice became so popular that she has been included in other lineages, such as the Karma Kagyu.

First nun

In 2002 Khenmo Drolma, an American woman, became the first bhikkhuni (a fully ordained Buddhist nun) in the Drikung Kagyü lineage. She is also the first westerner, male or female, to be installed as an abbot in the Drikung Kagyü lineage, having been installed as the abbot of the Vajra Dakini Nunnery (America's first Tibetan Buddhist nunnery, located in Vermont) in 2004.[19]

Lineage timeline

Name Date of Birth Date of Death Year Lineage Holding Begun Year Lineage Holding Relinquished
Phagmodrupa 1110 1170
Lord Jigten Sumgon 1143 1217 1179 1217
Kenchen Gurawa Tsultrim Dorje 1154 1221 1217 1221
On Rinpoche Sonam Drakpa 1187 1234 1221 1234
Chen-nga Rinpoche Drakpa Jungne 1175 1255 1234 1255
Telo Dorje Drakpa 1210 1278 1255 1278
Thog-khawa Rinchen Senge 1226 1284 1278 1284
Chen-nga tsamchedpa Drakpa Sonam 1238 1286 1284 1286
Dorje Yeshe 1223 1293 1286 1293
Chu-nyipa Dorje Rinchen 1278 1314 1293 1314
Nyer-gyepa Dorje Gyalpo 1283 1350 1314 1350
Nyermyipa Chökyi Gyalpo 1335 1407 1350 1395
Shenyen Dondrup Gyalpo 1369 1427 1395 1427
Dakpo Wang 1395 [20] 1427 1428
Chogyal Rinchen Pal Zangpo 1421 1469 1428 1469
Rinchen Chökyi Gyaltsen 1449 1484 1469 1484
Gyalwang Kunga Rinchen 1475 1527 1484 1527
Gyalwang Rinchen Phuntsok 1509 1557 1527 1534
Rinchen Namgyal Chodak Gyaltsen 1527 1570 1565 1570
Chokyi Namgyal 1557 1579 1570 1579
Tsungme Chogyal Phuntsok 1547 1602 1579 1602
Naro Nyipa Tashi Phuntsok 1574 1628 1602 1615
Jetsǖn Könchog Rinchen (1st Chetsang) [21] 1580 1654 1615 1626
Kunkhyen Chökyi Dragpa (1st Chungtsang) [22] 1595 1659 1626 1659
Könchog trinley Sangpo (Chetsang) 1656 1718 1659 1718
Trinley Dondrub Chogyal (Chungtsang) 1704 1754 1704 1754
Kônchog Tenzin Drodul (Chetsang) 1724 1766 1724 1766
Könchog Tenzin Chökyi Nyima (Chuntsang) 1755 1792 1755 1792
Tenzin Padme Gyaltsen (Chetsang) 1770 1826 1770 1826
Tenzin Chöwang Lodrô (Regent) 1826 1827
Jetsǖn Chonyi Norbu (Chungtsang) 1827 1865 1827 1865
Könchog Thukie Nyima (Chetsang) 1828 1881 1828 1881
Könchog Tenzin Chôkyi Lodrö (Chungtsang) 1868 1906 1868 1906
Könchog Tenzin Zhiwe Lodrö (Chetsang) 1886 1943 1886 1943
Tenzin Chökyi Jungme (Chungtsang) 1909 1940 1909 1940
Tenzin Thuben Wangpo (Regent) 1940 1942
Tenzin Chökyi Nangwa (Chungtsang) 1942 1942
Könchog Tenzin Kunzang Thinley Lhundrup (Chetsang) 1946 1946

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References

  1. ^ "Drikung Kagyü Lineage". www.drikung.org. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  2. ^ Gyaltsen, Konchok (2013). Opening the Treasure of the Profound: Teachings on the Songs of Jigten Sumgon and Milarepa. Snow Lion. pp. ch. 10. ISBN 978-1611800708.
  3. ^ see: Dargye and Sørensen (2001) pp.ix–x, 34–36, 41–46
  4. ^ Dorje, Sangay and Kinga (2008) pp.146–7.
  5. ^ For the Gongchig see the blog by Jan-Ulrich Sobisch (Copenhagen University) dgongs1.com.
  6. ^ Steward, Jampa MacKenzie (2004), The Life of Gampopa, Shambhala, p. 130.
  7. ^ Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche (2009), The Practice of Mahamudra, Shambhala, pp. 11-12.
  8. ^ Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche (2009), The Practice of Mahamudra, Shambhala, pp. 13-14.
  9. ^ Helmut Krasser, Tibetan studies, International Association for Tibetan Studies. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1997 - Tibet (China), page 586
  10. ^ a b c A Brief History of the Drikung Kagyü Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
  11. ^ Gruber, Elmar R., From the Heart of Tibet: The Biography of Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche, the Holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage, Shambhala Publications, 2010, Foreword by the Dalai Lama.
  12. ^ Lewis, James R. The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions, p. 290.
  13. ^ His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, Head of the Drikung Kagyü Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, will visit St. Petersburg September 14-15, 2010 October 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ a b His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang
  15. ^ Gruber, Elmar R. (2010). From the Heart of Tibet: The Biography of Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche, the Holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage. Boston: Shambhala. ISBN 978-1-59030-765-6. Synopsis
  16. ^ His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chungtsang
  17. ^ Achi Chokyi Drolma November 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Worldly Protector (Buddhist) - Achi Chokyi Drolma
  19. ^ Women Making History 2010-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ According to The Great Kagyu Masters (Gyaltsen, 270) "he went to Five Peaked Mountain in China and achieved the state of immortality."
  21. ^ A Brief History of the Drikung Kagyu"A system of two lineage holders was established, that of the elder (Chetsang) and the younger (Chungtsang) brother." They aren't considered brothers by blood, but by lineage. Chetsang Rinpoche is considered an emanation of Chenrezig.
  22. ^ Chungtsang Rinpoche is considered the emanation of both Padmasambhava and Manjushri. Also, one of the Drikung Kyabgŏns.
  23. ^ Gyaltsen, Khenpo Könchog, Edited by Victoria Huckenpahler. The Great Kagyu Master: The Golden Lineage Treasury. Snow Lion Publications, 2006 2nd Edition. ISBN 1-55939-244-4

Further reading

  • Kerin, Melissa R. (2015), Art and Devotion at a Buddhist Temple in the Indian Himalaya, Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0-253-01309-5

External links

  • Drikung Kagyu Official website
  • Garchen Institute
  • Drikung Baltics
  • Ratnashri Sweden
  • Drikung Kagyu Om Center Singapore

April 04, 2023
drikung, kagyu, drikung, kagyü, drigung, kagyü, wylie, gung, brgyud, eight, minor, lineages, kagyu, school, tibetan, buddhism, major, here, refers, those, kagyü, lineages, founded, immediate, disciples, gampopa, 1079, 1153, while, minor, refers, lineages, foun. Drikung Kagyu or Drigung Kagyu Wylie bri gung bka brgyud is one of the eight minor lineages of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism Major here refers to those Kagyu lineages founded by the immediate disciples of Gampopa 1079 1153 while minor refers to all the lineages founded by disciples of Gampopa s main disciple Phagmo Drupa 1110 1170 One of these disciples Jigten Sumgon 1143 1217 is the founder of Drikung Drikung Kagyu Lineage Tree Contents 1 History 2 Teaching and practice 2 1 Phowa 3 Monasteries and centers 4 Lineage notes 4 1 Spiritual heads 4 2 Female protector 4 3 First nun 5 Lineage timeline 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory Edit Phagmodrupa with His Previous Incarnations and Episodes from His Life 14th century painting from the Rubin Museum of Art Jigten Sumgon founder of Drikung Kagyu Like with all other Kagyu lineages origins of Drikung Kagyu can be traced back to the Great Indian Master Tilopa who passed on his teachings to Mahasiddha Naropa who lived around 10th and 11th century The founder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage was Jigten Sumgon 1143 1217 of the Kyura clan 1 who was the disciple of Phagmo Drupa According to historical account from the time Jigten Sumgon s teachings attracted more than 100 000 people at a time with the highest number of attendance recorded at 130 000 2 Several sub schools branched off from the Drikung Kagyu including the Lhapa or Lhanangpa Kagyu founded by No Lhanangpa Wylie gnyos lha nang pa 1164 1224 who came to Bhutan in 1194 This school was at one time important in Western Bhutan particularly in the Thimphu and Paro regions where they were rivals of the Drukpa Kagyu The Lhapa first came into conflict with the early Drukpa teacher Phajo Drugom Zhigpo b 12th century 3 and finally with Ngawang Namgyal 1594 1651 In 1640 the remaining followers of the Lhapa Kagyu were expelled from Bhutan together with the Nenyingpa followers as both had sided with the attacking Tsangpa forces against the Drukpa during their three invasions of Bhutan and continued to refuse to acknowledge the authority of the Shabdrung 4 Teaching and practice EditThe unique doctrines of Drikung Kagyu as taught by its founder Jigten Sumgon is preserved in The Single Intention or One thought of Drikung Drikung Gongchig Wylie dgongs gcig 5 and The Essence of Mahayana Teachings Wylie theg chen bstan pa i snying po According to Jampa MacKenzie Stewart the Gonchik recasts Buddhism in a fascinating and innovative form emphasizing each aspect as being capable of revealing the full process of enlightenment 6 The main practices of Drikung Kagyu are The Five fold Profound Path of Mahamudra and The Six Dharmas of Naropa The five fold Mahamudra also known as the possessing five consists of five elements 7 Setting the motivation arousing bodhichitta Deity yoga generating the Yidam The main deity in Drikung is Chakrasamvara in union with consort Vajravarahi but Milarepa taught this method by using Chenrezig Guru yoga Mahamudra meditation Samatha and Vipasyana Dedication of merit This practice is traditionally cultivated in retreat alongside the Six Dharmas of Naropa and it is preceded by the preliminary practices called ngondro 8 This presentation is outlined in Clarifying the Jewel Rosary of the Profound Five Fold Path by Kunga Rinchen the Dharma heir to Jigten Sumgon The Drikung Kagyu also have a tradition of Dzogchen teachings the Yangzab Dzogchen 9 It is based on termas revealed by the Drikung Terton hidden treasure revealer Rinchen Phuntsog in the sixteenth century Phowa Edit The Drikung lineage is popularly known for its development of the practice of Phowa in which a practitioner learns how to expel his her consciousness or mindstream through the posterior fontanelle at the top of the skull at the moment of death One of the Six Yogas of Naropa this practice is said to aid the practitioner in remaining aware through the death experience thus aiding one in attaining enlightenment in the Bardo the state in between death and the next rebirth or in achieving a birth conducive to the practice of Dharma Monasteries and centers Edit A building in Drikung monastery overlooking the valley Maizhokunggar County Lhasa Tibet The first and main Drikung Kagyu monastery is Drikung Thil Monastery 10 founded in 1179 10 by Jigten Sumgon 10 approximately 150 kilometers northeast of Lhasa Aside from the Drikung Valley in U the Drikung Kagyu has a strong presence in Nangqen County in what was Kham in western Tibet including Kailash and in Ladakh Tsari and Lapchi two important sacred sites for all Tibetan Buddhists also have a strong Drikung Kagyu presence Among the so called four major and eight minor Kagyu lineages Drikung Kagyu is one of four Kagyu lineages that continue to exist as independent institutions the other three being the Karma Kagyu Drukpa Lineage and Taklung Kagyu Outside of Tibet the headquarters for the tradition in exile is Jangchubling located in Dhera Dun in the Indian state of Uttarakhand 11 Drikung Kagyu is one of the most prominent lineages in Ladakh where its main monasteries are Phyang and Lamayuru with roughly 50 other monasteries spread across Ladakh region A series of Drikung Dharma centers were also founded in the West a project begun by Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche in 1978 12 Lineage notes EditSpiritual heads Edit Main article Drikungpa Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche the thirty seventh and current Drikung Kyabgon the head of the Drikung order From the founding of Drikung Thil Monastery in 1179 to the present day the Drikung Kagyu lineage has been led by a succession of spiritual heads throne holders One of the two current heads of the lineage Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche 13 14 Konchok Tenzin Kunzang Thinley Lhundrup b 1946 15 the 37th Drikungpa resides at Drikung Kagyu Institute at Dehra Dun India 14 The other head of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage the 36th Drikungpa Drikung Kyabgon Chungtsang Rinpoche Konchok Tenzin Chokyi Nangwa b 1942 lives in Lhasa Tibet 16 Female protector Edit Another unique feature of the Drikung lineage is its female dharmapala Achi Chokyi Drolma The great grandmother of Jigten Sumgon 17 she prophesied his birth and vowed to protect those in his lineage She is unusual in that she is both a female protector and an enlightened bodhisattva that can be taken as an iṣṭadevata in meditation practice She is depicted either sitting on a horse or standing with a kapala in her left hand and a mirror in her right hand 18 Achi s practice became so popular that she has been included in other lineages such as the Karma Kagyu First nun Edit In 2002 Khenmo Drolma an American woman became the first bhikkhuni a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Drikung Kagyu lineage She is also the first westerner male or female to be installed as an abbot in the Drikung Kagyu lineage having been installed as the abbot of the Vajra Dakini Nunnery America s first Tibetan Buddhist nunnery located in Vermont in 2004 19 Lineage timeline EditName Date of Birth Date of Death Year Lineage Holding Begun Year Lineage Holding RelinquishedPhagmodrupa 1110 1170Lord Jigten Sumgon 1143 1217 1179 1217Kenchen Gurawa Tsultrim Dorje 1154 1221 1217 1221On Rinpoche Sonam Drakpa 1187 1234 1221 1234Chen nga Rinpoche Drakpa Jungne 1175 1255 1234 1255Telo Dorje Drakpa 1210 1278 1255 1278Thog khawa Rinchen Senge 1226 1284 1278 1284Chen nga tsamchedpa Drakpa Sonam 1238 1286 1284 1286Dorje Yeshe 1223 1293 1286 1293Chu nyipa Dorje Rinchen 1278 1314 1293 1314Nyer gyepa Dorje Gyalpo 1283 1350 1314 1350Nyermyipa Chokyi Gyalpo 1335 1407 1350 1395Shenyen Dondrup Gyalpo 1369 1427 1395 1427Dakpo Wang 1395 20 1427 1428Chogyal Rinchen Pal Zangpo 1421 1469 1428 1469Rinchen Chokyi Gyaltsen 1449 1484 1469 1484Gyalwang Kunga Rinchen 1475 1527 1484 1527Gyalwang Rinchen Phuntsok 1509 1557 1527 1534Rinchen Namgyal Chodak Gyaltsen 1527 1570 1565 1570Chokyi Namgyal 1557 1579 1570 1579Tsungme Chogyal Phuntsok 1547 1602 1579 1602Naro Nyipa Tashi Phuntsok 1574 1628 1602 1615Jetsǖn Konchog Rinchen 1st Chetsang 21 1580 1654 1615 1626Kunkhyen Chokyi Dragpa 1st Chungtsang 22 1595 1659 1626 1659Konchog trinley Sangpo Chetsang 1656 1718 1659 1718Trinley Dondrub Chogyal Chungtsang 1704 1754 1704 1754Konchog Tenzin Drodul Chetsang 1724 1766 1724 1766Konchog Tenzin Chokyi Nyima Chuntsang 1755 1792 1755 1792Tenzin Padme Gyaltsen Chetsang 1770 1826 1770 1826Tenzin Chowang Lodro Regent 1826 1827Jetsǖn Chonyi Norbu Chungtsang 1827 1865 1827 1865Konchog Thukie Nyima Chetsang 1828 1881 1828 1881Konchog Tenzin Chokyi Lodro Chungtsang 1868 1906 1868 1906Konchog Tenzin Zhiwe Lodro Chetsang 1886 1943 1886 1943Tenzin Chokyi Jungme Chungtsang 1909 1940 1909 1940Tenzin Thuben Wangpo Regent 1940 1942Tenzin Chokyi Nangwa Chungtsang 1942 1942Konchog Tenzin Kunzang Thinley Lhundrup Chetsang 1946 1946 23 References Edit Drikung Kagyu Lineage www drikung org Retrieved 2017 01 01 Gyaltsen Konchok 2013 Opening the Treasure of the Profound Teachings on the Songs of Jigten Sumgon and Milarepa Snow Lion pp ch 10 ISBN 978 1611800708 see Dargye and Sorensen 2001 pp ix x 34 36 41 46 Dorje Sangay and Kinga 2008 pp 146 7 For the Gongchig see the blog by Jan Ulrich Sobisch Copenhagen University dgongs1 com Steward Jampa MacKenzie 2004 The Life of Gampopa Shambhala p 130 Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche 2009 The Practice of Mahamudra Shambhala pp 11 12 Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche 2009 The Practice of Mahamudra Shambhala pp 13 14 Helmut Krasser Tibetan studies International Association for Tibetan Studies Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1997 Tibet China page 586 a b c A Brief History of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism Gruber Elmar R From the Heart of Tibet The Biography of Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche the Holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage Shambhala Publications 2010 Foreword by the Dalai Lama Lewis James R The Encyclopedia of Cults Sects and New Religions p 290 His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche Head of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism will visit St Petersburg September 14 15 2010 Archived October 13 2012 at the Wayback Machine a b His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Gruber Elmar R 2010 From the Heart of Tibet The Biography of Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche the Holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage Boston Shambhala ISBN 978 1 59030 765 6 Synopsis His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chungtsang Achi Chokyi Drolma Archived November 1 2010 at the Wayback Machine Worldly Protector Buddhist Achi Chokyi Drolma Women Making History Archived 2010 06 01 at the Wayback Machine According to The Great Kagyu Masters Gyaltsen 270 he went to Five Peaked Mountain in China and achieved the state of immortality A Brief History of the Drikung Kagyu A system of two lineage holders was established that of the elder Chetsang and the younger Chungtsang brother They aren t considered brothers by blood but by lineage Chetsang Rinpoche is considered an emanation of Chenrezig Chungtsang Rinpoche is considered the emanation of both Padmasambhava and Manjushri Also one of the Drikung Kyabgŏns Gyaltsen Khenpo Konchog Edited by Victoria Huckenpahler The Great Kagyu Master The Golden Lineage Treasury Snow Lion Publications 2006 2nd Edition ISBN 1 55939 244 4Further reading EditKerin Melissa R 2015 Art and Devotion at a Buddhist Temple in the Indian Himalaya Indiana University Press ISBN 978 0 253 01309 5External links EditDrikung Kagyu Official website Garchen Institute Drikung Baltics Ratnashri Sweden Drikung Kagyu Om Center Singapore Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Drikung Kagyu amp oldid 1145855443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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