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ཟུར་ཆུང་ཤེས་རབ་འགྲགས་པ།
zur chung shes rab 'grags pa

Short biography

Zurchungpa Sherab Drakpa (1014-1074), was born in Yeru Tsang (g.yas ru gtsang) to Thakpa Gomchen and Mojo Sherab Kyi. Fallowing in the tradition and lineage of Zurpoche, he lived and taught at Ugpa Lung Gon ('ug pa lung). And gaining mastery through the practice of Vajrasattva's sadhana and abiding exactly by the words and teachings of Zurpoche Shakya Jungne, he came to see all arisen phenomena as perfectly pure Dharmakaya. With his great powers he benefited limitless students and mother-beings. All of Tibet, even his critics came to pay homage at his feet. His famed son Zur Shakya Senge became the sun-like heart disciple to his father's lineage and teachings. [BL]

Literary Works

Main Teachers

• Zurchen Shakya Jungne
  

Main Students

• Zur Shakya Senge
  
• Kyoton Shakya Yeshe

Main Lineages

• bka' sde zur pa
  
• Nyingma Kama

Alternate Names & Spellings

• Deshek Gyawo
• Zurchungpa Sherap Drakpa (zur chung pa shes rab grags pa)
• Zurchung Sherap Dra, Zurcung Sherap-tra
• Ugpa Lungpa Sherab Drakpa
• 2nd Ugpa Lung Denrab
  

Other Resources

• 'ug pa lung
• zur lung dpal chen lha khang
  
• snga 'gyur rdzogs chen chos 'byung chen mo
• The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History (pg.635)

• Zurchungpa Sherab Drakpa: 1014-1074 [RY]
• Zurchungpa Sherab Drakpa, Zur Sherab Drakpa: 1014-1072 /TDZ -1074 [MR][BL]

Internal Links

External Links

• The TBRC Link
  • Dharma Heirs of Lharje Zurpoche Śākya Jungne