Grwa pa mngon shes
གྲྭ་པ་མངོན་ཤེས་
Drapa Ngönshe (1012 - 1090) Born in: g.yo ru gra <br>Tibetan date of birth: Year of the Male Water Mouse, 1<sup>st</sup> sexagenary cycle. <br>
Drapa Ngönshe (1012 - 1090) Born in: g.yo ru gra <br>Tibetan date of birth: Year of the Male Water Mouse, 1<sup>st</sup> sexagenary cycle. <br>
Drapa Ngonshe was the treasure revealer who is credited with producing the Four Tantras, the root texts of Tibet’s medical tradition. A master in the Nyingma, Zhije, and Kadam traditions, he established numerous religious communities in Tibet, including the great Dratang Monastery which was later absorbed by the Sakya. Ordained in the Eastern Vinaya tradition, he was instrumental in popularizing tantric practices among that community, and later returned his vows to live as a tantrika.
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| BDRC | https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4655 |
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| Treasury of Lives | http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Drapa-Ngonshe/7114 |
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