sa kya thup pa;Buddha Śākyamuni;buddha śākyamuni;śākyamuni;(Fifth century B.C.E.: 566-476 or 558-468 B.C.E.) The fourth Buddha of our era (skal pa) who, like his predecessors, manifested himself in the twelve works. He initiated the Buddhist teachings transmitted up until the present. +
'khor lo sdom pa;Cakrasaṃvara;cakrasaṃvara;cakrasaṃvara;One of the principal meditational buddhas or deities (yidams) of the anuttarayogatantra. He is especially popular in the Kagyu lineage practices. +
bka' gdams pa;Kadampa;kadampa;The Kadam school was founded by Atīśa (982-1054). His disciple Dromtön (1004-1064) founded Radreng monastery in North Lhasa in 1056. This became the source of his teachings. The school did not survive independently mostly because the majority of Kadampas, being hermits, did not construct monasteries, but the Kadam school did profoundly influence the other schools. In particular, the Gelugpas call themselves the new Kadampas, and the Dagpo-Kagyupas say that their transmission is the confluence of the mahāmudrā and Kadam teaching traditions. +