Drukpa Yeshe Rinchen
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Drukpa Yeshe Rinchen ('brug pa ye shes rin chen) [1364-1413]
Son of Drukpa Lodro Senge and younger brother of Drukpa Sherab Senge. At the age of twenty nine he became 10th throne holder of Ralung. First of the three 'prince-abbots' of Ralung. He was the father of Drukpa Namkha Palzang, Drukpa Sherab Zangpo and Drungpa Dorje Gyalpo.
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Literary Works
Main Teachers
- Drukpa Sherab Senge (shes rab seng ge)
- Khyentse Togden (mkhyen brtse rtogs ldan)
Main Students
- Drukpa Namkha Palzang ('brug pa nam mkha' dpal bzang) 1398-1438
- Drukpa Sherab Zangpo ('brug pa shes rab bzang po) 1400-1425
- Drubtob Lodrö Chogden (blo gros mchog ldan)
Main Lineages
- Kagyu
- Drukpa Kagyu
- Middle Drukpa (bar 'brug) / Ralung Tradition
Alternate Names
- Jamyang Yeshe Rinchen ('jam dbyangs ye shes rin chen)
Other Reference Sources
- Author: dge 'dun rin chen [1926-1997] ('brug rje mkhan po 69); Title: dpal ldan 'brug pa'i gdul zhing lho phyogs nags mo'i ljongs kyi chos 'byung blo gsar rna ba'i rgyan (lho yi chos 'byung blo gsar rna rgyan).
- Author: Yonten Dargye; Title: History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan (12th to 17th Century A.D.) [ISBN 99936-616-0-0] pg. 48