Rechungpa Dorje Drakpa
Rechung Dorje Drakpa (1083/4-1161), known as Rechungpa, was one of the two most important students of the 11th century yogi and poet Milarepa and founder of the Rechung Kagyu subtradition of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. (The other student was Gampopa, founder of the Dagpo Kagyu). Rechungpa was particularly important in the transmission of the cycle of esoteric teachings of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra known as the Demchok Nyéngyü, Réchung Nyéngyü.
Rechungpa Dorje Drakpa
- Born
- 1084
- Died
- 1161
- Occupation
- writer
- Teachers
- Ti Pu Sang Ngak Dongpo · Ma Chik Drubpé Gyalmo · Milarepa
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Rechung Dorje Drakpa (1083/4-1161), known as Rechungpa, was one of the two most important students of the 11th century yogi and poet Milarepa and founder of the Rechung Kagyu subtradition of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. (The other student was Gampopa, founder of the Dagpo Kagyu). Rechungpa was particularly important in the transmission of the cycle of esoteric teachings of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra known as the Demchok Nyéngyü, Réchung Nyéngyü.
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Tibetan Buddhists believe Rechungpa compiled The Six Equal Tastes from Indian sources. The text was hidden by Rechungpa, later recovered as a terma by Tsangpa Gyare, who founded the Drukpa Lineage. Rechungpa's student Gyalwa Kyang Tsangpa transmitted the Rechung Kagyu lineage to the 12th century yogini Machik Ongyo. This lineage has been similarly transmitted without interruption until the present time. For example, Changling Rinpoche XV is one of the few holders of this lineage today, though in western teaching contexts he more frequently covers material from the "Northern Treasures" lineage of the Nyingma, which he also holds.
• Roberts, Peter. Biographies of Rechungpa, Routledge, / (2010) (1=Peter Online) • Thrangu Rinpoche: Rechungpa: A Biography of Milarepa's Disciple. Namo Buddha Publications, 2002,
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- 3.Stephen Batchelor, The Tibet Guide, Foreword by the Dalai Lama, Wisdom Publications, 1987 , p. 255
- 4.Tsangpa Gyaré Yéshé Dorjé
- 5.Julien Pierre, La médecine tibétaine vue de l'intérieur : Ven. Rechung Ripoche Jampal Kunzang, Tibetan Medicine illustrated in original texts, Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, 1974, 62 (222) pp. 212-213
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