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[[gtsang pa rgya ras ye shes rdo rje]], (1161-1211).
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[[Image:TsangpaGyare02.jpg|frame|Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje (1161-1211)]]
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===Short {{Wiki|Biography}}===
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''[[Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje]]'' was one the foremost [[disciples]] of [[Lingje Repa Pema Dorje]], and established the [[Drukpa Kagyu]] school.
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[[Tsangpa Gyare's]]  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 {{Wiki|sun}} rising from her [[body]] and meeting with highly [[realized]] [[beings]]. He was born, the youngest of seven children, in the [[Iron-Female-Serpent]] (1161) year at [[Khule Saral]] ([[khu le]]) in [[Upper Nyang]] ([[myang stod]]).
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[[Tsangpa Gyare]] met [[Lingje Repa]] when he was grown up and mastered the [[Six Doctrines of Naropa]] and [[Mahamudra]] under him. In 1180 [[Tsangpa Gyare]] founded the [[Ralung Monastery]] ([[rwa lung]]), which was for many generations the [[principal]] seat of the hierarchs of the [[Middle Drukpa Kagyu school]], as well as the [[monasteries]] of [[Longdol]] ([[klong rdol]]) and [[Nam-Druk]] ([[gnam ’brug]]), after which the [[lineage]] was later named. [[Tsangpa Gyare]] became a widely renowned [[teacher]] with thousands of [[disciples]]. He discovered the "[[Six-fold cycle of Equal Taste]]" ([[ro snyom skor drug]]), a cycle of instructions that had been hidden by [[Rechungpa]] to be rediscovered at the appropriate [[time]], and became thus known as a [[treasure revealer]] ([[gter ston]]).
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The [[Drukpa lineage]] of [[Tsangpa Gyare]] became famous for the [[yogic]] [[asceticism]] of many of its {{Wiki|adherents}} and the profundity of its [[spiritual]] teachings.
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[[Tsangpa Gyare]] passed away at the age of 51. When his [[body]] was [[Wikipedia:cremation|cremated]] it is said, his {{Wiki|skull}} bore the images of [[Arya Manjusri]], [[Avalokiteshvara]] and [[Vajrapani]]. At that [[time]] the vertebrae bones of his spinal column also [[transformed]] into self-arisen images images of [[Arya Avalokitesvara]]. A number of these ''[[Rangjung Kasarpani]]'' images survive to this day and are considered to be the most [[sacred]] [[relics]] of the [[Drukpa tradition]].
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[[Drogon Tsangpa Gyare]] is said to have had over eight thousand [[disciples]] of whom more than two hunderd and eighty became [[enlightened]] [[yogis]]. Amongst his [[disciples]], [[Gotsangpa Gonpo Dorje|Gyalwa Gotsangpa Gonpo Dorje]] (1189-1258) spread the [[Drukpa tradition]] in {{Wiki|Western}} [[Tibet]] and his [[lineage]] came to be known as the "[[Upper Drukpa"]] ([[stod 'brug]]) school. [[Tsangpa Gyare's]] [[disciple]] [[Lorepa|Choje Lorepa Wangchuk Tsöndrü]] (1187-1250) established the "[[Lower Drukpa]]"  ([[smad 'brug]]) school, and is nephew and [[disciple]] [[Dharma Senge Sangye On]] (1177-1237) founded the "[[Middle Drukpa]]" ([[bar 'brug]]) school which became the main branch of the [[Drukpa tradition]]. [[Sangye Onre's]] [[disciple]], [[Phajo Drukgom Zhigpo]] (1184 - 1251) from [[East Tibet]], went to [[Bhutan]] and founded the first [[Drukpa]] [[monasteries]] in [[Bhutan]] at [[Phajo Ding]] and [[Tago]].
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==={{Wiki|Literary}} Works===
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===Main [[Teachers]]===
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* [[Lingje Repa Pema Dorje]] ([[gling rje ras pa pad ma rdo rje]])
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* [[Khar Lungpa]] ([[mkhar lung pa]])
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===Main Students===
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* [[Dharma Senge Sangye On]] ([[dhar ma seng ge sangs rgyas dbon]]) founder of the [[Middle Drukpa]] ([[bar 'brug]]) [[tradition]].
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* [[Gotsangpa Gonpo Dorje]] ([[rgod tshang pa mgon po rdo rje]]) founder of the [[Upper Drukpa]] ([[stod ’brug]]) [[tradition]].
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* [[Lorepa|Gyalwa Lorepa]] ([[rgyal ba lo ras pa]]) - founder of the  [[Lower Drukpa]]  ([[smad 'brug]]) [[tradition]]. Also known as  [[Wangchuck Tsundru]] ([[dbang phyug brtson 'grus]]).
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* [[Zhunu Senge]] ([[gzhon nu seng ge]])
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* [[Gyaltsa Rinchen Gon]] ([[rgyal tsha rin chen mgon]])
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* [[Terkhungpa]] ([[gter khung pa]]) -  his descendants, the [[Obotso clan]], were important in the history of the [[Drukpa Kagyu school]] in [[Bhutan]].
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* [[Gyayagpa]] ([[rgya yags pa]]) - founder of the [[Gyayag Kagyu]].
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* '[[bras mo ba]]
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* [[mar ston]]
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===Main [[Lineages]]===
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* [[Drukpa Kagyu]] ([['brug pa bka' rgyud]])
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===Alternate Names===
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*[[Gyalwang Drukpa Rinpoche]]
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*[[Gyalwang Drukchen Rinpoche]]
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*[[Gyalwa Drukpa]]
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*[[Gyalwa Drukchen]]
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*[[Drukpa Tamche Khyenpa]]
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*[[Drowe Gonpo Yeshe Dorje]] ([['gro ba'i mgon po ye shes rdo rje]])
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*[[Gyare Yeshe Dorje]] ([[rgya ras ye shes rdo rje]])
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*[[1st Drukchen Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje]] ([['brug chen I gtsang pa rgya ras ye shes rdo rje]])
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*[[Sherab Dutsi Khorlo]] ([[shes rab bdud rtsi 'khor lo]] <br>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:30, 30 January 2014

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Tsangpa Gyaré Yeshe Dorje (Tib. གཙང་པ་རྒྱ་རས་ཡེ་ཤེས་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wyl. gtsang pa rgya ras ye shes rdo rje) (1161-1211), the First Gyalwang Drukpa, was born in the Water Snake year of the third sexagenary cycle. He was the youngest of the seven sons of Gya Zurwo Tsappé, his father, and Marza Darkyi, his mother. He was born with the clear marks and signs of a holy being. His mother died when he was eight. At the age of twelve his brother Kalden Jawa took him to Tsang Rong to study. There he learned to read with the khenpo. When he was thirteen he went to Lopön Tatang Jawa. He stayed three years studying the Abhidharma, the Shyijé yogas and so on. At fifteen he went to Lopön Karlung Jawa and received teachings on Dzogchen and pramana. He received the Guhyagarbha Tantra and Avalokiteshvara terma from Lopön Tsangtsa, the Bodhicharyavatara from Sodarma Senge, Chanting the Names of Manjushri from Lhajé Kungyal of Khulung, and Avalokiteshvara according to Atisha’s tradition from the ordained acharya of Omtang. When he was twenty-two he went to attend the great master Lingje Repa Pema Dorje with whom he trained in the Six Yogas of Naropa and Mahamudra. He became his heart son.

Tsangpa Gyaré is one of the founders of the Drukpa Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism. He established the monasteries of Longdol, Ralung (the principal seat of the Drukpa Kagyü) and Namdruk (after which the lineage was later named). He also opened the sacred place of Tsari. He discovered the Six-fold Cycle of Equal Taste (Tib. རོ་སྙོམ་སྐོར་དྲུག་, ro nyom kordruk), a cycle of teachings hidden by Rechungpa. In time his students became so numerous that it was said:

"Half the population is Drukpa Kagyü,
Half of those are beggars,
And half the beggars are realized masters."

He passed away at the age of fifty-one, in the Iron Sheep year of the fourth sexagenary cycle.

Main Students

གཙང་པ་རྒྱ་རས་ཡེ་ཤེས་རྡོ་རྗེ།
gtsang pa rgya ras ye shes rdo rje, (1161-1211).

Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje (1161-1211)

Short Biography

Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje was one the foremost disciples of Lingje Repa Pema Dorje, and established the Drukpa Kagyu school.

Tsangpa Gyare's 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 youngest of seven children, in the Iron-Female-Serpent (1161) year at Khule Saral (khu le) in Upper Nyang (myang stod).

Tsangpa Gyare met Lingje Repa when he was grown up and mastered the Six Doctrines of Naropa and Mahamudra under him. In 1180 Tsangpa Gyare founded the Ralung Monastery (rwa lung), which was for many generations the principal seat of the hierarchs of the Middle Drukpa Kagyu school, as well as the monasteries of Longdol (klong rdol) and Nam-Druk (gnam ’brug), after which the lineage was later named. Tsangpa Gyare became a widely renowned teacher with thousands of disciples. He discovered the "Six-fold cycle of Equal Taste" (ro snyom skor drug), a cycle of instructions that had been hidden by Rechungpa to be rediscovered at the appropriate time, and became thus known as a treasure revealer (gter ston).

The Drukpa lineage of Tsangpa Gyare became famous for the yogic asceticism of many of its adherents and the profundity of its spiritual teachings.

Tsangpa Gyare passed away at the age of 51. When his body was cremated it is said, his skull bore the images of Arya Manjusri, Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani. At that time the vertebrae bones of his spinal column also transformed into self-arisen images images of Arya Avalokitesvara. A number of these Rangjung Kasarpani images survive to this day and are considered to be the most sacred relics of the Drukpa tradition.

Drogon Tsangpa Gyare is said to have had over eight thousand disciples of whom more than two hunderd and eighty became enlightened yogis. Amongst his disciples, Gyalwa Gotsangpa Gonpo Dorje (1189-1258) spread the Drukpa tradition in Western Tibet and his lineage came to be known as the "Upper Drukpa" (stod 'brug) school. Tsangpa Gyare's disciple Choje Lorepa Wangchuk Tsöndrü (1187-1250) established the "Lower Drukpa" (smad 'brug) school, and is nephew and disciple Dharma Senge Sangye On (1177-1237) founded the "Middle Drukpa" (bar 'brug) school which became the main branch of the Drukpa tradition. Sangye Onre's disciple, Phajo Drukgom Zhigpo (1184 - 1251) from East Tibet, went to Bhutan and founded the first Drukpa monasteries in Bhutan at Phajo Ding and Tago.

Literary Works

Main Teachers

Main Students

Main Lineages

Alternate Names

Internal Links

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