Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje
Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje (gtsang pa rgya ras ye shes rdo rje), (1161-1211)
His father was Gyazurpo Tsape (rgya zur po tshab pe) and mother Marza Darkyi (mar bza' dar skyid). The moment he was conceived his mother had a dream in which she saw the sun rising from her body and meeting with highly realized beings. He was born, the last of seven children, in the Iron-Female-Serpent (1161) year at Khule Saral (khu le) in Upper Nyang (myang stod).
Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje was one the foremost disciples of Lingje Repa Pema Dorje, as well as one of the founders of the Drukpa Kagyu school. He met Lingje Repa when he was grown up and mastered the Six Doctrines of Naropa and Mahamudra under him. He founded the Ralung monastery (rwa lung), the principal seat of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage, and the monasteries of Longdol (klong rdol) and Nam-Druk (gnam ’brug), after which the lineage was later named. Tsangpa Gyare became a widely reknowned teacher with thousands of disciples. He discovered the "Six-fold cycle of Equal Taste" (ro snyom skor drug), a cycle of instructions that had been hidden by Rechungpa to be rediscovered at the appropriate time, and became thus known as a treasure revealer (gter ston).
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Main Students
- Dharma Senge (dar ma seng+ge)
- Zhunu Senge (gzhon nu seng+ge)
- rgyal tsha rin chen mgon
- 'bras mo ba
- Gotsangpa Gonpo Dorje (rgod tshang pa mgon po rdo rje)
- Gyalwa Lorepa (rgyal ba lo ras pa)
- Dharma Senge Sangye On (dhar ma seng ge sangs rgyas dbon)
- Phajo Drukgom Zhigpo (pha jo 'brug sgom zhig po)
- dbang phyug brtson 'grus
- mar ston
Main Lineages
- Drukpa Kagyu ('brug pa bka' rgyud)
Alternate Names
- 'gro ba'i mgon po ye shes rdo rje
- rgya ras ye shes rdo rje
- 'brug chen I gtsang pa rgya ras ye shes rdo rje
- shes rab bdud rtsi 'khor lo
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External Links
- TBRC
- [Tsangpa Gyare Yeshi Dorje http://www.drukpa.org/eng/biographies/reincarnations/drukpa01.htm]
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