Thang stong rgyal po

ཐང་སྟོང་རྒྱལ་པོ་
Thangtong Gyalpo (1361 - 1485) Born in: 'ol ba lha rtse <br>Tibetan date of birth: Year of the Female Iron Ox, 6^th sexagenary cycle. <br>

 

 

Himalayan Art Resources

 

Himalayan Art Resources

 

Line Drawing by Robert Beer Courtesy of The Robert Beer Online Galleries

 

A famous relic reported to be of Tangtong Gyalpo's vertebra with a self-arisen image of a thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara

Thangtong Gyalpo, also known as Tsöndru Zangpo, was a famous Tibetan siddha who travelled extensively in China, Tibet and other eastern countries, built numerous temples and metal bridges and founded monasteries at Dergé and elsewhere. He is said to be an emanation of the mind aspect of Guru Rinpoche, as well as an incarnation of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen. (Source: Rigpa Wiki)

All Names

Main Wylie Name	thang stong rgyal po	ཐང་སྟོང་རྒྱལ་པོ
Other Names	lcags zam pa brtson 'grus bzang po	ལྕགས་ཟམ་པ་ བརྩོན་འགྲུས་བཟང་པོ་

Relationships

Religious Affiliation	Nyingma
Is Emanation of	spyan ras gzigs dpal rta mgrin pad+ma 'byung gnas
Has Following Emanations	Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Students	Bka' bcu pa blo gros rgyal mtshan

Links

BDRC	https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P2778
Treasury of Lives
Himalayan Art Resources	http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=311