People/'brom ston pa

Dromtönpa

འབྲོམ་སྟོན་པ་

1004/1005 - 1064

Dromtonpa Gyelwa Jungne was one of the primary disciples of Atiśa and is considered the founder of the Kadampa school of Tibetan Buddhism. A layman, he nevertheless established Reting Monastery in 1057, one of the great centers of the Kadampa tradition.
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Other names

• རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་ · other names (Tibetan)
• rgyal ba'i 'byung gnas · other names (Wylie)

Affiliations & relations

• Kadam · religious affiliation
• Atīśa · teacher
• po to ba rin chen gsal · student
• phu chung ba gzhon nu rgyal mtshan · student
• spyan snga tshul khrims ’bar · student

Kadam - The Kadam tradition, which traces its origin to the teachings of Atiśa, was the first of the so-called New Schools of Tibetan Buddhism, traditions which arose during or after the Second Propagation of Buddhism (phyi dar) in the tenth century. Tib. བཀའ་གདམས་

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