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: "Kunga Drolchok (1507–1566) was one of the greatest masters of 16th century Tibet. He studied, practiced, and taught many different teachings from various lineages, but especially those of the [[Sakya]], [[Shangpa]], and [[Jonang]] traditions. Kunga Drolchok’s exemplary life of nonsectarian study and practice, and his many written works, were later an inspiring example for the great Jamgon Kongtrul (1813–1899).
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: "Kunga Drolchok was born in Lo Montang, the capital of the Mustang region of present-day Nepal. His main teacher as a youth was his uncle, the Sakya master [[Drungpa Chojé Kunga Chokdrup]] (d. 1526), who was a disciple of the great [[Dakchen Lodro Gyaltsen]] (1444−1495). Kunga Drolchok received ordination as a novice monk from [[Drungpa Chojé]] when he was ten years old, and stayed with him constantly for the next four years, receiving many initiations and teachings of the [[Sakya]] tradition, including the [[Path with the Result]] three times."
 
: "In 1534, when he was twenty-seven years old, Kunga Drolchok again traveled northeast into Tibet, visiting Lhasa and then the great Karma Kagyu monastery of Tsurpu where he received the complete transmission of the [[Kagyu]] teachings. He would later travel several more times back and forth between Mustang and Central Tibet."
 
: "Kunga Drolchok was especially devoted to the practices of the [[Shangpa Kagyu]] tradition which he received from the master [[Gyagom Lekpa Gyaltsen]] and other teachers. He met the [[dakini Niguma]] in a vision and taught the Shangpa transmission of the [[Six Dharmas of Niguma]] more than one hundred times to many masters from different traditions. He also frequently taught the [[Path with the Result]] and other precious instructions of the Sakya tradition throughout his career. Kunga Drolchok was a master of the [[Jonang tradition’s sixfold yoga of Kalachakra]] which he received from [[Lochen Ratnabhadra]] (1489−1563), who seems to have been the most important of his many teachers."
 
: "For about the last twenty years of his life Kunga Drolchok was the twenty-fourth holder of the monastic seat at Jonang, retaining this position until his death in 1566. "
<ref>[http://www.jonangfoundation.org/node/1359  Kunga Drolchok | JonangFoundation.org]</ref>
 
 
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see [[108_Instructions_of_the_Jonang|The 108 Instructions of the Jonang]] ([[jo_nang_khrid_brgya|Jo nang khrid brgya]])

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