Lamdrey

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

• Founder of the Drukpa Kagyu ('brug pa bka' rgyud).

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His father was Gyazurpo Tsape (rgya zur po 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. He was born, the last of seven children, in the Iron-Female-Serpent (1161) year at Khule Saral (khu le) in Upper Nyang (myang stod)

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Main Teachers

• Ling Repa Padma Dorje (gling ras pa padma rdo rje)
  
• Khar Lungpa (mkhar lung pa)

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Main Lineages

• Drukpa Kagyu ('brug pa bka' rgyud)

Alternate Names

• ye shes rdo rje
  
• 'brug chen I gtsang pa rgya ras ye shes rdo rje
  
• 'gro ba'i mgon po ye shes rdo rje
  
• shes rab bdud rtsi 'khor lo
  
• rgya ras ye shes rdo rje
  

External Links

[Tsangpa Gyare Yeshi Dorje http://www.drukpa.org/eng/biographies/reincarnations/drukpa01.htm] [[