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Thangtong Gyalpo (thang stong rgyal po) [1361?-1485]


See also: thang rgyal snyan rgyud - Oral Transmission of Thangtong Gyalpo (in volume one of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu's klong gsal teachings). JV


Short biography of Thangtong Gyalpo[edit]

Alternate Names[edit]

Primary Teachers[edit]

Students[edit]

Primary Lineage[edit]

Incarnation Lineages[edit]

  1. Thangthong Gyalpo [1361?-1485]
  2. Char Thukchan
  3. Ja-Kangpa
  4. Jatangpa Nering Sonam
  5. Jatangpa Nering Chodpa
  6. Nering Jatangpa
  7. Jatangpa Phuntshog [1738-1790]
  8. Jatangpa Yontenpal
  9. Jatangpa Oewapal
  10. Ngedon Nyingpo
  11. Khyentse Wangpo
  12. Dewai Dorje
  13. Jatangpa Zhabkar Tshogdrug Rangdrol
  14. Jatangpa Ri-ul Lama
  15. Jatangpa Sulmang Chodgyan
  16. Drupai Wangchuk Chenpo Rikey Jadral
  17. Ngawang Thinley Lhundrub b. 1990

Monastaries associated with the Lineage of Thangtong Gyalpo[edit]

Drupthop Lhakhang, Thimphu, Bhutan[edit]

The Thangtong Dewachen nunnery or Drupthop Lhakhang was founded in 1976 by Rikey Jadrel, considered an emanation of Thangtong Gyalpo, with the aim of promoting Buddhism in general and lineage of Tangtong Gyalpo in particular. Today the nunnery houses sixty nuns engaged in Buddhist study and practice. The nunnery mainly follows the Shangpa lineage of Thangtong Gyalpo and the Jangter and Abham Tercho lineages of the Nyingma School.


Reference Sources[edit]

Tibetan (chos skad)[edit]

  • Author: shes rab dpal ldan; Title: rje grub thob chen po lcags zam pa'i rnam par thar pa ngo tshar rgya mtsho [in The Collected Works (gsung 'bum) of Thang-stong rgyal-po Volume 1]

English[edit]

  • Author: Stearns, Cyrus; Title: King of The Empty Plan: The Tibetan Iron Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo

[ISBN 978-1559392754]

Internal Links[edit]

External Links[edit]

Websites[edit]


  • TBRC P2778

Images[edit]