Jamyang Chokyi Drakpa
Jཨམྱང་Cཧོཀྱི་ཌྲཀཔ
འཇམ་དབྱངས་ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ། -('jam dbyangs chos kyi grags pa) (1478-1523)
Small Biography
The 3rd Gyalwang Drukpa Jamyang Chodrak (1478-1523), was an erudite and accomplished pandit. He was a master and lineage holder of all the Nyingma and Sarma teachings and transmissions. During one three-month meditation period, he received esoteric oral pith-instructions in a visionary manner from Rechungpa, Milarepa's moon-like disciple. The dakini Sukhasiddhi (symbolizing "Great Bliss") offered him a crown woven out of the hair of a hundred thousand dakinis. He founded the Tashi Thongmon Monastery in Jayul.
The 3rd Gyalwang Drukpa was also known to have possessed supernatural powers. He often lifted himself in the air during meditation, and sometimes, during certain practices, his dorje and bell rose and stayed in the air.
Main Teachers
- Drukpa Ngawang Chögyal (ngag dbang chos rgyal) (b.1465-d.1540)
- shes rab dbang po
- rin chen rnam rgyal
Main Students
- chos kyi mgon po
- yon tan ye shes
- shes rab rgya mtsho
- ma pham rdo rje
Main Lineages
Alternate Names&Spellings
- Jamyang Chodrak ('jam dbyangs chos grags)
- Jetsun Gongma Chökyi Drakpa (rje btsun gong ma chos kyi grags pa)
- Je Chökyi Drakpa (rje chos kyi grags pa)
- Gyalwang Drukpa Rinpoche
- Gyalwang Drukpa Rinpoche
- Gyalwang Drukchen Rinpoche
- 3rd Drukpa Rinpoche
- Gyalwa Drukpa
- Gyalwa Drukchen
External Links
- TBRC P870
- Jamyang Chodrak - the third Gyalwang Drukpa.