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| − | [[Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen]] (1147-1216)
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| − | This [[Sakya]] [[lama]] is the third of the Five Superiors of the [[Sakya Tradition]]. His father was [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]], and mother was [[Jomo machig Od-dron]]. As a young child [[Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen]] spent [[time]] in [[solitude]], was free of [[worldly]] [[desires]], diligent in practicing [[virtuous]] qualities, and was free of childish conduct. He received lay [[vows]] from [[Dawa Gyeltsen]] when he was eight years old.
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| − | Even if he was not a [[monk]], he practiced a very [[pure]] [[life]], never touched meat or [[alcohol]].
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| − | His [[principal]] [[teachers]] were his father [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]], and his eldest brother, [[Sonam Tsemo]]. He received many teachings of the [[three baskets]] and the [[Four classes of Tantra]] from many [[Tibetan]], [[Indian]] and {{Wiki|Nepalese}} [[teachers]].
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| − | [[Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen]] began [[teaching]] at the age of eleven, and taught the [[Twenty Vows]] and the extensive [[Hevajra]] [[Tantra]] to the astonishment of all, after his father passed away.
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 3 February 2014
