Drukchen II, Gyalwang Kunga Paljor

Drukchen II, Gyalwang Kunga Paljor (rgyal dbang kun dga' dpal 'byor) (1428-1476)

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Gyalwang Kunga Paljor (1428-1476)

Fourteenth throne holder of Ralung Monastery and second Gyalwang Drukchen. Son of Drukpa Sherab Zangpo.

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Main Teachers

• Drukpa Sherab Zangpo ('brug pa shes rab bzang po) [1400-1438]
  
• Trülshig Namkha'i Naljor ('khrul zhig nam mkha'i rnal 'byor)
• (nags kyi rin chen)
• (gzhon nu dpal)
• Ratna Lingpa (ratna gling pa) [1403-1478/79]
• (bsod nams rnam rgyal)
• (kun dga' bzang po)
• (dbang blo ba)
• (don grub dpal)
• (byang chub dpal)
• (dbang phyug blo gros)
• (dkon mchog rdo rje_
• (kun dga' dpal)
• (yon tan seng ge)
• (yon tan bzang po)
• (drung rdor ba)
• (bsod rgyal ba)

Main Students

• Tsang Nyön Heruka,"Madman of Tsang" (gtsang smyon he ru ka, rus pa'i rgyan can) [1452-1507]
  
• U Nyön Kunga Zangpo, "Madman of Central Tibet" (dbus smyon kun dga' bzang po): [1458-1532]
  
• Druk Nyön Kunga Legpa, "Madman of Bhutan" ('brug smyon kun dga' legs pa) [1455-1529] = Drukpa Kunleg
  
• sku bsrung ba rgyal mtshan lhun grub
  
• Drukchen Ngawang Chögyal ('brug chen ngag dbang chos rgyal) [1465-1540]
  
• lha btsun kun dga' chos kyi rgya mtsho [1432-1505]
  
• bsod nams mchog ldan
  
• grub chen shAkya yar 'phel
  
• shar kha ras chen
  
• Ava duti pa rinchen rnam rgyal
  
• rgyal sras 'od gsal klong dbyangs
  

Main Lineages

• Kagyu
  
• Drukpa Kagyu
  
• Middle Drukpa (bar 'brug) / Ralung Tradition
  

Alternate Names

• rgyal dbang chos rje
• rgyal dbang rje kun dga' dpal 'byor

Other Reference Sources

• Author: Ava duti pa rinchen rnam rgyal; Title: rgyal dbang kun dga dpal ‘byor gyi rnam thar ngo tshar bdud

rtsi’i thigpa.

• Author: dge 'dun rin chen [1926-1997] ('brug rje mkhan po 69); Title: dpal ldan 'brug pa'i gdul zhing lho phyogs nags mo'i ljongs kyi chos 'byung blo gsar rna ba'i rgyan (lho yi chos 'byung blo gsar rna rgyan).
  

Internal Links

• Kagyu

External Links

• kun dga' dpal 'byor TBRC P920

[Gyalwa Kunga Paljor http://www.drukpa.org/eng/biographies/reincarnations/drukpa02.htm]