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-[[Category:Sakya]]
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-[[Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen]] (1147-1216), a [[Sakya]] [[lama]] is one the third of the Five Superiors of the Sakya Tradition. His father was [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]], and mother was [[Jomo machig Od-dron]]. As a young child [[Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen]] spent time in solitude, was free of worldly desires, diligent in practicing virtuous qualities, and was free of childish conduct. He received lay vows from [[Dawa Gyeltsen]] when he was eight years old.
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-Even if he was not a monk, he practiced a very pure life, never touched meat or alcohol.
-His principal teachers were his father [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]], and his eldest brother, [[Sonam Tsemo]].  He received many teachings of the [[three baskets]] and the [[Four classes of Tantra]] from many Tibetan, Indian and Nepalese teachers.
-[[Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen]] began teaching at the age of eleven, and taught the [[Twenty Vows]] and the extensive [[Hevajra]] [[Tantra]] to the astonishment of after his father passed away.
-== External References ==
-*[http://www.tbrc.org/cgi-bin/tbrcdatx?resource=P1614 Listing of Works] by [[TBRC]]