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The 'Incomparable Nine Lions' (mnyam med seng ge dgu)
Members of the (rgya) clan related to Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje - important in the early transmission of the Middle Drukpa (bar 'brug) branch of the Drukpa Kagyu ('brug pa bka' brgyud / 'brug pa dkar brgyud ) school. Many were throne holders / hierarchs of Ralung the first Drukpa Kagyu monastery.
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The 'Incomparable Nine Lions:'
- Dharma Senge Sangye On (dhar ma seng ge sangs rgyas dbon), (1177-1237)
- Drukpa Zhonnu Senge ('brug pa gzhon nu seng ge) (1200-1266)
- Drukpa Nyima Senge ('brug pa nyi ma seng ge) [1251-1287]
- Drukpa Senge Sherab ('brug pa sen ge shes rab) (1238-1287)
- Drukpa Senge Rinchen ('brug pa seng ge rin chen) [1258-1313] aka Pökyapa (spos skya pa)
- Drukpa Senge Gyalpo ('brug pa seng ge rgyal po)[1289-1326]
- Drukpa Kunga Senge ('brug pa kun dga' seng ge) [1314-1347]
- Drukpa Lodro Senge ('brug pa blo gros seng ge) [1345-1390]
- Drukpa Sherab Senge ('brug pa shesrab seng ge) [1371-1392]
Main Lineages
- Kagyu
- Drukpa Kagyu
- Middle Drukpa (bar 'brug)
Literary Works
see: Senge Gu Works and entries under individual teachers.
Other References
- 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).
- Author: Yonten Dargye; Title: History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan (12th to 17th Century A.D.) [ISBN 99936-616-0-0]
- Author: dbu 'dzin phun tshogs & dbu 'dzin nor bu rgyal mtshan; Title: phyag rgya chen po brgyud pa'i bla ma rnams kyi rtogs pa brjod pa yid bzhin nor bu'i do shel. [ISBN ]