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'''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 sucessive Gyalwang Drukpa  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]].
*The scriptural transmissions of the sacred doctrine of Buddhism comprise the canonical sūtras and tantras, as well as their commentarial literature. The sūtras are the discourses of Śākyamuni Buddha which were taught publicly to his disciples: pious attendants, bodhisattvas, and laity. These discourses are considered to have been taught in the context of three successive turnings of the wheel of the sacred doctrine (Skt. [[dharmacakrapravartana]]), among which the first includes the Long Discourse ([[Dīrghāgama]]), Middle Length Discourses ([[Madhyamāgama]]), Combined Discourses ([[Samyuktāgama]]) and Minor Discourses ([[Kṣudrāgama]]), which concern the four sublime truths and the nature of selflessness, the second includes the Perfection of Discriminative Awareness ([[Prajñāpāramitā]]), the Pagoda of Precious Gems ([[Ratnakūṭa]]) and related discourses which emphasise signlessness, aspirationlessness and emptiness, and the third includes the Great Bounteousness of the Buddhas ([[Buddhāvataṃsaka]]), the Sūtra of the Nucleus of the Tathāgata ([[Tathāgatgarbha]]) and the Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā ([[Śrīmālādevī]]), which emphasise the excellent analysis of buddha-attributes. Among these, the first category is the corpus of discourses revered by adherents of the Lesser Vehicle, and the last two comprise the discourses of the Greater Vehicle. Each of the major four monastic orders of the Lesser Vehicle has its own recension of first turning sūtras, among which the Sthaviravāda ([[or Theravāda]]) collection is fully extant in Pali, the Mahāsaṅghika and Sammitīya sūtras are no longer extant ([[although their Vinaya and Abhidharma do partially survive in Chinese and Sanskrit]]), and the Sarvāstivāda collection largely survives in Chinese translation. Only a small representative number of first turning sūtras were actually translated into Tibetan. As far as the sūtras of the Greater Vehicle are concerned, a few do survive in the original Sanskrit. However, the vast majority of the 740 extant sūtras in the earliest version of the Chinese Tripiṭaka belong to this category, as do almost all of the 351 extant sūtras in the Tibetan canon. [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
 
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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===
*[[Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje|1st Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[gtsang pa rgya ras ye shes rdo rje]] (1161-1211)<br>
*[[Drukchen II, Gyalwang Kunga Paljor|2nd Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[gyal ba kun dga' dpal 'byor]] (1428-1476)<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>
*[[Drukchen Pagsam Wangpo| 5th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[dpag bsam dbang po]], (1593-1653)<br>
*[[Drukchen Mipham Wangpo|6th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[mi pham dbang po]] (1654-1717)<br>
*[[Drukchen Tinley Shingta| 7th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[phrin las shing rta]] (1718-1766)<br>
*[[Drukchen Mipham Chokyi Nangwa| 8th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[kun gzigs mi pham chos kyi nang ba]] (1768-1822)<br>
*[[Drukchen Mipham Chogyam| 9th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[mi pham chos kyi rgya mtsho]], (1823-1883)<br>
*[[Drukchen Mipham Chowang| 10th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[mi pham chos kyi dbang po]], (1884-1930)<br>
*[[11th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[bstan 'dzin mkhyen rab dge legs dpal bzang po]] (1931-1960)<br>
*[[12th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [['jigs med pad ma dbang chen]], (b.1963)<br>
 
There were two immediate incarnations of the [[Kunkhyen Pema Karpo|4th Gyalwang Drukpa, Kunkhyen Pema Karpo]] (1527-1592) - each recognized by a different group of followers: [[Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal]] (1594-1651) and [[Drukchen Pagsam Wangpo| 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.
 
===Main Lineages===
*[[Kagyu]]<br>
*[[Drukpa Kagyu]]<br>
*[[Middle Drukpa]]<br>
 
===Internal Links===
*[[Kagyu]]<br>
*[[Ralung Monastery]]
 
===External Links===
[http://www.drukpa.org/eng/home.htm The Gyalwang Drukpa's Website]
 
[[Category:Buddhist Masters]]
[[Category:Kagyu Masters]]
[[Category:Drukpa Kagyu]]
[[Category:Drukpa Kagyu Masters]]

Revision as of 13:44, 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 sucessive Gyalwang Drukpa 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.

Main Lineages

Internal Links

External Links

The Gyalwang Drukpa's Website

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