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*6th Gyalwang Drukpa [[Mipham Wangpo]]
*6th Gyalwang Drukpa [[Mipham Wangpo]]
*7th Gyalwang Drukpa [[Trinley Shingta]]
*7th Gyalwang Drukpa [[Trinley Shingta]]
*[[Drukchen Mipham Chokyi Nangwa| 8th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[kun gzigs mi pham chos kyi nang ba]] (1768-1822)<br>
*8th Gyalwang Drukpa [[Kunzig Mipham Chokyi Nangwa]]
*[[Drukchen Mipham Chogyam| 9th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[mi pham chos kyi rgya mtsho]], (1823-1883)<br>
*9th Gyalwang Drukpa [[Mipham Chokyi Gyatso]] Chogyam
*[[Drukchen Mipham Chowang| 10th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [[mi pham chos kyi dbang po]], (1884-1930)<br>
*10th Gyalwang Drukpa [[Mipham Chokyi Wangpo]] Chowang
*11th Gyalwang Drukpa [[Tendzin Khyenrab Gelek Palzangpo]]
*12th Gyalwang Drukpa [[


*11th Gyalwang Drukpa [[Tendzin Khyenrab Gelek Palzangpo]]
*[[12th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [['jigs med pad ma dbang chen]], (b.1963)<br>
*[[12th Gyalwang Drukpa]], [['jigs med pad ma dbang chen]], (b.1963)<br>



Revision as of 00:53, 31 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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The Gyalwang Drukpa's Website