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la phyi ba nam mkha' rgyal mtshan, 1372-1437.
la phyi ba nam mkha' rgyal mtshan, 1372-1437.


An outstanding master of several traditions. He was a lineage holder of the [[Sakya]], [[Karma Kagyu]], [[Drikung Kagyu]] and [[Shangpa Kagyu]] traditions. Namkha Gyaltsen earned the title of "Lapchi-wa" because he spent more time in the sacred place of [[Lapchi]] than anyone before or after him. All in all he spent 31 years there and also passed away there. His relic stupa remains in Lapchi to the present day and is kept in one of the larger caves there, the Rechen Cave, which was the assembly place for hermits until [[Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol]] came in the 1830's and built a small monastery at the foot of the mountain.<br><br>
An outstanding master of several traditions. He was a lineage holder of the [[Sakya]], [[Karma Kagyu]], [[Drikung Kagyu]] and [[Shangpa Kagyu]] traditions and also held the lineage of the Oral Tradition of [[Rechungpa]]. Namkha Gyaltsen earned the title of "Lapchi-wa" because he spent more time in the sacred place of [[Lapchi]] than anyone before or after him. All in all he spent 31 years there and also passed away there. His relic stupa remains in Lapchi to the present day and is kept in one of the larger caves there, the Rechen Cave, which was the assembly place for hermits until [[Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol]] came in the 1830's and built a small monastery at the foot of the mountain.
 
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===Primary Teachers===
*[[5th Karmapa]] Deshin Shegpa<br>
*[[Drubchen Rindzongpa Wangchuk Gyaltsen]]<br>
*Nyernyipa Dzamling Chögyal<br>
*Rechen Denchigpa<br>
*Thegchen Chögyal Kunga Tashi Gyaltsen<br>
 
===Primary Students===
*Namkha Samdrub Gyaltsen<br>
 
===Internal Links===
*[[Karma Kagyu]]<br>
*[[Shangpa Kagyu]]<br>
*[[Drikung Kagyu]]<br>
*[[Sakya]]<br>
 
===External Links===
*[http://www.drikung-kagyu.org/ Official Website of the Drikung Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism]
*[http://www.shangpa.net The Shangpa Network]


[[Category:Kagyu Masters]]
[[Category:Kagyu Masters]]
[[Category:Shangpa Kagyu]]
[[Category:Shangpa Kagyu]]

Revision as of 05:02, 3 September 2009

la phyi ba nam mkha' rgyal mtshan, 1372-1437.

An outstanding master of several traditions. He was a lineage holder of the Sakya, Karma Kagyu, Drikung Kagyu and Shangpa Kagyu traditions and also held the lineage of the Oral Tradition of Rechungpa. Namkha Gyaltsen earned the title of "Lapchi-wa" because he spent more time in the sacred place of Lapchi than anyone before or after him. All in all he spent 31 years there and also passed away there. His relic stupa remains in Lapchi to the present day and is kept in one of the larger caves there, the Rechen Cave, which was the assembly place for hermits until Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol came in the 1830's and built a small monastery at the foot of the mountain.

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Primary Teachers

Primary Students

  • Namkha Samdrub Gyaltsen

Internal Links

External Links