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'''Ralpachen''' ([[ral pa can]]). (815-841) or (866-901). The third great Dharma King of Tibet. He supported the standardization of new grammar and vocabulary for translation and the revision of old translations. He renewed old centers for learning and practice and invited many Buddhist scholars to Tibet. He was renowned for his devotion to the Dharma and is regarded as an incarnation of [[Vajrapani]].  
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The „Crazy Yogi of Tsang“, a great master of the [[Kagyu]] school. Compiler and editor of the biographies and spiritual songs of [[Marpa]] the translator and [[Jetsun Milarepa]]. He meditated for extended periods of time in all the places that had become famous through Milarepa and other early Kagyu masters, like [[Lapchi]], [[Tise]], [[Chubar]], [[Tsari]] etc. He travelled extensively in the Tibetan/Nepalese border areas and visited [[Lo Mantang]], ([[blo smon thang]]), the capital of present-day Mustang in Northwestern Nepal several times. In 1504 he visited the Kathmandu valley and sponsored exensive restoration works on the great stupa of Svayambhunath, one of the most important buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal. This event is recorded in the chronicles of the Nepalese Malla-Kings. According to Tsang Nyon’s biography, composed by his disciple [[Gotsang Repa Natsog Rangdrol]] ([[rgod tshang ras pa sna tshogs rang grol]]), it was one of his aims to revive the ideals and practice of the early Kagyu masters of performing extended retreats in isolated mountain areas and caves. Apparently he was successful because his contemporary, the [[7th Karmapa]] Chodrag Gyatso ([[chos grags rgya mtsho]]), (1454-1506), composed a beautiful poem praising Tsang Nyon’s great realisation and accomplishments.


===Literary Works===
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Biography and spiritual songs of Marpa Lotsawa<br>
Biography and spiritual songs of Jetsun Milarepa<br>
 
===Main Students===
*[[Gotsang Repa Natsog Rangdrol]] ([[rgod tshang ras pa sna tshogs rang grol]])<br>
 
===Main Lineages===
*[[Kagyu]]<br>
*[[Rechung Kagyu]] ([[ras chung dkar brgyud]] / [[ras chung bka' brgyud]]) <br>
 
===Alternate Names===
*[[dur khrod myul ba’i rnal ’byor pa rus pa’i rgyan can]]<br>
*[[khrag thung rgyal po]]<br>
 
===Other Reference Sources===
*[[Biography of the Great Yogi Milarepa]] by Tsang Nyon Heruka; ISBN 0140193502
*[[The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa]] compiled by Tsang Nyon Heruka
*[[The Life of Marpa The Translator]] by Tsang Nyon Heruka; ISBN 1570620873
* Among Tibetan Texts: History and Literature of the Himalayan Plateau by [[Gene Smith|E. Gene Smith]] ISBN 0861711793
 
===Internal Links===
*[[Kagyu]]<br>


[[Category:Buddhist Masters]]
[[Category:Buddhist Masters]]
[[Category:Kagyu]]
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]

Latest revision as of 00:27, 19 December 2005

Ralpachen (ral pa can). (815-841) or (866-901). The third great Dharma King of Tibet. He supported the standardization of new grammar and vocabulary for translation and the revision of old translations. He renewed old centers for learning and practice and invited many Buddhist scholars to Tibet. He was renowned for his devotion to the Dharma and is regarded as an incarnation of Vajrapani.

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