Tsangpa Gyare, 1st Gyalwang Drukpa
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Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje ([gtsang pa rgya ras ye shes rdo rje]) [1161-1211]
Founder of the Drukpa Kagyu.
His father was Gyazur So Tsape ([rgya zur so 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.