Dromtön, Drom Tonpa or Dromtönpa Gyelwé Jungné (Tibetan: འབྲོམ་སྟོན་པ་རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་, 1004 or 1005–1064) was the chief disciple of the Buddhist master Atiśa, the initiator of the Kadam school of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of Reting Monastery.
Dromtönpa was born in Tolung at the beginning of the period of the second propagation of Buddhism in Tibet. "His father was Kushen Yaksherpen (sku gshen yag gsher 'phen) and his mother was Kuoza Lenchikma (khu 'od bza' lan gcig ma)."[1] His father's title skugshen indicates he was an important figure in the Bon tradition. He began preaching in Tibet in 1042.
Career
Dromtön is considered to be the 45th incarnation of Avalokiteśvara, an important bodhisattva and thus a member of the early lineage of the Dalai Lamas (the First Dalai Lama is said to have been the 51st incarnation).[2]
Dromtön founded Reting Monastery in 1056 in the Reting Tsampo Valley north of Lhasa which became the seat of the Kadampa lineage and brought some relics of Atisha there.[3]
Students
It was Dromtönpa's student Chekawa Yeshe Dorje who first compiled Atiśa's core teachings on the practice Lojong for developing of bodhicitta in written form, as The Seven Point Mind Training.[citation needed]
Footnotes
^Gardner, Alexander (February 2010). "Dromton Gyelwa Jungne". The Treasury of Lives: Biographies of Himalayan Religious Masters. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
^Stein, R. A. (1988). Tibetan Civilization ([Nachdr.] ed.). Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press. p. 139. ISBN978-0-8047-0806-7. The First Dalai Lama, Gedün-trup (1391-1474), was already the 51st incarnation; the teacher Dromtön, Atiśa's disciple (11th century), the 45th; whilst with the 26th, one Gesar king of India, and the 27th, a hare, we are in pure legend
^Dowman, Keith. (1988). The Power-Places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide, p. 93. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London. ISBN0-7102-1370-0.
dromtön, drom, tonpa, gyelwé, jungné, tibetan, འབ, བའ, འབ, གནས, 1004, 1005, 1064, chief, disciple, buddhist, master, atiśa, initiator, kadam, school, tibetan, buddhism, founder, reting, monastery, paའབ, བའ, འབ, གནས, personalbornchos, phel1004, 1005tolungdied10. Dromton Drom Tonpa or Dromtonpa Gyelwe Jungne Tibetan འབ མ ས ན པ ར ལ བའ འབ ང གནས 1004 or 1005 1064 was the chief disciple of the Buddhist master Atisa the initiator of the Kadam school of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of Reting Monastery Dromtonpaའབ མ ས ན པ ར ལ བའ འབ ང གནས PersonalBornChos phel1004 or 1005TolungDied1064Reting MonasteryReligionBuddhismSchoolInitiator of the Kadam schoolOther namesDromton Gyelwe JungneDharma namesGyelwe JungneSenior postingTeacherChief disciple of Atisa Grum gyi Mkhanbu Chenpo Sebtsun studied reading and writing with Paṇḍita SmṛtiReincarnation45th incarnation of AvalokitesvaraStudents Chekawa Yeshe Dorje g Yungchosmgon Potoba Rinchen Gsalphyogslas Rnamrgyal 1027 1105 Phuchungba Gzhonnu Rgyalmtshan 1031 1106 and Spyansnga Tshulkhrims bar 1038 1103 OrdinationLay vows with Snanam Rdorje Bbangphyug 976 1060 never ordained PostFounded Reting Monastery 1056 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Students 4 Footnotes 5 Further readingEarly life and education EditDromtonpa was born in Tolung at the beginning of the period of the second propagation of Buddhism in Tibet His father was Kushen Yaksherpen sku gshen yag gsher phen and his mother was Kuoza Lenchikma khu od bza lan gcig ma 1 His father s title skugshen indicates he was an important figure in the Bon tradition He began preaching in Tibet in 1042 Career EditDromton is considered to be the 45th incarnation of Avalokitesvara an important bodhisattva and thus a member of the early lineage of the Dalai Lamas the First Dalai Lama is said to have been the 51st incarnation 2 Dromton founded Reting Monastery in 1056 in the Reting Tsampo Valley north of Lhasa which became the seat of the Kadampa lineage and brought some relics of Atisha there 3 Students EditIt was Dromtonpa s student Chekawa Yeshe Dorje who first compiled Atisa s core teachings on the practice Lojong for developing of bodhicitta in written form as The Seven Point Mind Training citation needed Footnotes Edit Gardner Alexander February 2010 Dromton Gyelwa Jungne The Treasury of Lives Biographies of Himalayan Religious Masters Retrieved 2013 10 29 Stein R A 1988 Tibetan Civilization Nachdr ed Stanford Calif Stanford Univ Press p 139 ISBN 978 0 8047 0806 7 The First Dalai Lama Gedun trup 1391 1474 was already the 51st incarnation the teacher Dromton Atisa s disciple 11th century the 45th whilst with the 26th one Gesar king of India and the 27th a hare we are in pure legend Dowman Keith 1988 The Power Places of Central Tibet The Pilgrim s Guide p 93 Routledge amp Kegan Paul London ISBN 0 7102 1370 0 Further reading EditDilgo Kyentse 1993 Enlightened Courage Snow Lion ISBN 1 55939 023 9 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dromton amp oldid 1116232599, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
