Rechung Kagyu
Rechung Kagyu (ras chung dkar brgyud / ras chung bka' brgyud)
"Ras chung Bka' brgyud pa, a subsect of the Dkar brgyud pa that has now completely disappeared as a separate entity. The chief teaching of this tradition is the Ras chung snyan rgyud or the Bde mchog mkha' 'gro snyan rgyud, a teaching now widely practiced by the 'Brug pa Bka' brgyud pa, especially by the Stod subsect."
Lineage[edit]
The transmission lineage of these teachings to Tsang Nyon Heruka is
- Naropa na ro pan chen (956-1050) or (1012-1100)
- Marpa Lotsawa Chökyi Lodro(1012 1097)
- Milarepa (1040 1123)
- Rechungpa (1083 1161)
- (khyung tshang ye shes bla ma) (1115-1176)
- (ma gcig ong jo ras ma / ma gcig ang jo) b.12C.
- (rje btsun zhang ston lo tsA / zhang lo tsA ba grub pa dpal b.1237
- ('gro mgon rba sngags 'chang rda ra shrI) (or rda ra shrI)
- (byang sems bsod nams rgyal mtshan)
- Kunden Rema ('khrul zhig kun ldan ras ma /ma gcig kun ldan ras ma)
- (mkhas btsun gzi brjid rgyal mtshan) 14th. C.
- Khenchen Wangchuk Sherab (mkhan chen dbang phyug gshes rab)
- Ritropa Zhunnu Gyaltsen (ri khrod pa gzhon nu rgyal mtshan) / (bya btang ri khrod ras chen)
- Rechen Zhunnu Palden (ras chen gzhon nu dpal ldan)
- (mdong ston nam mkha' rgyal mtshan)
- Ngakgi Wangpo ('dul 'dzin nag gi dbang po)
- Shara Rabjam Sangye Senge (sha ra rab 'byams pa sangs rgyas seng ge)
- Tsang Nyon Heruka (gtsang smyon he ru ka) (1452-1507)
Teachings[edit]
The most important teachings of this lineage are known as the ras chung snyan brgyud or bde mchog mkha' 'gro snyan rgyud.
Alternate Names & Spellings[edit]
- Rechung Kargyu (ras chung dkar brgyud)
- Rechung Kagyu / Rechung Kagyud (ras chung bka' brgyud)
References[edit]
- Among Tibetan Texts: History and Literature of the Himalayan Plateau by E. Gene Smith ISBN 0861711793