Geshé Dölpa was a prominent transmitter of the Kadam teachings known by several names, including Dölpa Marshurwa, Sherap Gyatso, and simply “Spiritual mentor of Döl” (Geshé Dölpa), after his home region. After studying with a number of teachers, he met the highly influential Kadampa master Potowa Rinchen Sal (1017/31-1105) and stayed with him for twenty-two years. In later years Geshé Dölpa founded his own monastery of Yangang in Döl. The chronicles mention that he had more than a thousand disciples, including the famous Kagyu hierarch Phakmodrupa Dorjé Gyalpo. (Adapted from Stages of the Buddha’s Teachings (Wisdom Publications, 2015), 6)
Other names
- དོལ་པ་དམར་ཞུར་བ་ · other names (Tibetan)
- རོག་ཤེས་རབ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ · other names (Tibetan)
- dol pa dmar zhur ba · other names (Wylie)
- rog shes rab rgya mtsho · other names (Wylie)
Affiliations & relations
- Kadam · religious affiliation
- po to ba rin chen gsal · teacher
