Palpung Monastery

Rechung Kagyu (ras chung dkar brgyud / ras chung bka' brgyud)

"Ras chung Bka' brgyud pa, a subsect of the Dkar brgyud pa that has now completely disappeared as a separate entity. The chief teaching of this tradition is the Ras chung snyan rgyud or the Bde mchog mkha' 'gro snyan rgyud, a teaching now widely practiced by the 'Brug pa Bka' brgyud pa, especially by the Stod subsect."

Lineage

The transmission lineage of these teachings to Tsang Nyon Heruka is

• Naropa na ro pan chen (956-1050) or (1012-1100)
• Marpa Lotsawa Chökyi Lodro(1012 1097)
• Milarepa (1040 1123)
• Rechungpa (1083 1161)
• (khyung tshang ye shes bla ma) (1115-1176)
• (ma gcig ong jo ras ma / ma gcig ang jo) b.12C.
• (rje btsun zhang ston lo tsA / zhang lo tsA ba grub pa dpal b.1237
• ('gro mgon rba sngags 'chang rda ra shrI) (or rda ra shrI)
• (byang sems bsod nams rgyal mtshan)
• Kunden Rema ('khrul zhig kun ldan ras ma /ma gcig kun ldan ras ma)
• (mkhas btsun gzi brjid rgyal mtshan) 14th. C.
• Khenchen Wangchuk Sherab (mkhan chen dbang phyug gshes rab)
• Ritropa Zhunnu Gyaltsen (ri khrod pa gzhon nu rgyal mtshan) / (bya btang ri khrod ras chen)
• Rechen Zhunnu Palden (ras chen gzhon nu dpal ldan)
• (mdong ston nam mkha' rgyal mtshan)
• Ngakgi Wangpo ('dul 'dzin nag gi dbang po)
• Shara Rabjam Sangye Senge (sha ra rab 'byams pa sangs rgyas seng ge)
• Tsang Nyon Heruka (gtsang smyon he ru ka) (1452-1507)

Teachings

The most important teachings of this lineage are known as the ras chung snyan brgyud or bde mchog mkha' 'gro snyan rgyud.

Alternate Names & Spellings

• Rechung Kargyu (ras chung dkar brgyud)
  
• Rechung Kagyu / Rechung Kagyud (ras chung bka' brgyud)
  

References

• Among Tibetan Texts: History and Literature of the Himalayan Plateau by E. Gene Smith ISBN 0861711793