Thangtong Gyalpo
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]
- [Shangpa Kagyu]
Incarnation Lineages[edit]
- Thangthong Gyalpo [1361?-1485]
- Char Thukchan
- Ja-Kangpa
- Jatangpa Nering Sonam
- Jatangpa Nering Chodpa
- Nering Jatangpa
- Jatangpa Phuntshog [1738-1790]
- Jatangpa Yontenpal
- Jatangpa Oewapal
- Ngedon Nyingpo
- Khyentse Wangpo
- Dewai Dorje
- Jatangpa Zhabkar Tshogdrug Rangdrol
- Jatangpa Ri-ul Lama
- Jatangpa Sulmang Chodgyan
- Drupai Wangchuk Chenpo Rikey Jadral
- 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]
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English[edit]
- Author: Stearns, Cyrus; Title: King of The Empty Plan: The Tibetan Iron Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo
[ISBN 978-1559392754]
- Author: Gerner, Manfred; Title: Chakzampa Thangtong Gyalpo [ISBN 99936-14-39-4] - Download PDF version from the Centre for Bhutan Studies
Internal Links[edit]
External Links[edit]
Websites[edit]
- TBRC P2778