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*1st Gyalwang Drukpa [[Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje]]
*1st Gyalwang Drukpa [[Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje]]
*2nd Gyalwang Drukpa [[Gyalwa Kunga Paljor]]
*2nd Gyalwang Drukpa [[Gyalwa Kunga Paljor]]
*3rd Gyalwang Drukpa [[Jamyang Chokyi Drakpa]]


*[[Drukchen II, Gyalwang Kunga Paljor|2nd Gyalwang Drukpa]], (1428-1476)<br>
*[[Drukchen III, Jamyang Chökyi Trakpa|3rd Gyalwang Drukpa]], ([['jam dbyangs chos grags]] / [[rje chos kyi grags pa]]) (1478-1523)<br>
*[[Drukchen III, Jamyang Chökyi Trakpa|3rd Gyalwang Drukpa]], ([['jam dbyangs chos grags]] / [[rje chos kyi grags pa]]) (1478-1523)<br>
*[[Kunkhyen Pema Karpo| 4th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[kun mkhyen pad ma dkar po]] (1527-1592)<br>
*[[Kunkhyen Pema Karpo| 4th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[kun mkhyen pad ma dkar po]] (1527-1592)<br>

Revision as of 16:53, 30 July 2008

Gyalwang Drukpa Rinpoche, the head lama of the Drukpa Kagyu tradition. Also known as the Gyalwang Drukchen and Druk Tamche Khyenpa "All-knowing Drukpa" ('brug thams cad mkhyen pa ) the successive Gyalwang Drukpas are considered to be incarnations of Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje(1161-1211) founder of the Drukpa Kagyu school and one of the main disciples of Lingje Repa Pema Dorje. Followers of the Drukpa Kagyu school consider Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje to have been an emanation of Avalokiteshvara and incarnation of Naropa. This also applies to the subsequent Gyalwang Drukchen incarnations.


སྐུ་ཕྲེང་། The Successive Incarnations


There were two immediate incarnations of the 4th Gyalwang Drukpa, Kunkhyen Pema Karpo (1527-1592) - each recognized by a different group of followers: Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651) and Pagsam Wangpo, (1593-1653). Pagsam Wangpo was favoured by the powerful Tsang ruler Phuntsog Namgyal (1597-1621) and eventually recognised as the official incarnation in Tibet. Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal went to Bhutan and established his lineage there.

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External Links

The Gyalwang Drukpa's Website