Chapter IX — Praise (RiBa)

Gyalwang Drukpa Rinpoche, the head lama of the Drukpa Kagyu tradition. The successive Gyalwang Drukpa Rinpoches or Gyalwang Drukchen are the incarnations ofTsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje who was one of the main disciples of Lingje Repa Pema Dorje.

Main Incarnations

• 1st Gyalwang Drukpa, gtsang pa rgya ras ye shes rdo rje (1161-1211)
  
• 2nd Gyalwang Drukpa, gyal ba kun dga' dpal 'byor (1428-1476)
  
• 3rd Gyalwang Drukpa, ('jam dbyangs chos grags / rje chos kyi grags pa) (1478-1523)
  
• 4th Gyalwang Drukpa, kun mkhyen pad ma dkar po (1527-1592)
  
• 5th Gyalwang Drukpa, dpag bsam dbang po, (1593-1653)
  
• 6th Gyalwang Drukpa, mi pham dbang po (1654-1717)
  
• 7th Gyalwang Drukpa, phrin las shing rta (1718-1766)
  
• 8th Gyalwang Drukpa, kun gzigs mi pham chos kyi nang ba (1768-1822)
  
• 9th Gyalwang Drukpa, mi pham chos kyi rgya mtsho, (1823-1883)
  
• 10th Gyalwang Drukpa, mi pham chos kyi dbang po, (1884-1930)
  
• 11th Gyalwang Drukpa, bstan 'dzin mkhyen rab dge legs dpal bzang po (1931-1960)
  
• 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, 'jigs med pad ma dbang chen, (b.1963)
  

Main Lineages

• Kagyu
  
• Drukpa Kagyu
  
• Middle Drukpa
  

Internal Links

• Kagyu
  
• Ralung Monastery

External Links

The Gyalwang Drukpa's Website