Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje

Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje (gtsang pa rgya ras ye shes rdo rje), (1161-1211)

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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, the principal seat of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage, and the monastery of Nam-Druk, after which the lineage was later named.

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Main Teachers

• Lingje Repa Pema Dorje
  

Main Students

• Gotsangpa Gonpo Dorje
• Gyalwa Lorepa

Main Lineages

• Kagyu
  
• Drukpa Kagyu
  

Internal Links

• Kagyu