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The first Karmapa, Tusum Khyenpa (1110-1193), was the disciple of Gampopa (1079-1153) and founded Tsurphu monastery. The succession of Karmapas is at the heart of the Karma-Kagyu, or Kamtshang-Kagyu, lineage. From the second, Karma Pakshi (1204-1283) to the fifth, Deshin Shekpa (1384-1415), the Karmapas were spiritual guides of the emperor of China. The Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339), was a remarkable scholar and adept who dso played an important role in the Nyingma lineage. The lineage of Karmapas proceeded without interruption until the seventeenth century. The sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa was Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924-1982); his fame caused him to be more generally recognized as the head of the Kagyu school as a whole. The seventeenth Karmapa was recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and by Tai Situpa in the person of an eight-year-old child who was enthroned at Tsurphu monastery in Tibet in September 1992. Karmapa signifies "he who translates enlightened activity into works." The Karmapas are recognized as emanations of Chenrezig, the buddha of compassion. +
Tibetan name of the "impartial movement," or impartial approach. See Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye and the Biographical Note. +
Name of a deity (yidam) and tantra of the father lineage in anuttarayogatantra. He is part of the maṇḍala of deities of the five tantras (rgyud sde lha lnga). See Shangpa-Kagyu. +
One of the eighty-four mahāsiddhas; king of Oḍḍiyāna. +
Principal Kagyu monastery of old Tibet. See Situpa. +
Name of a deity (yidam) practiced in different schools. In the Shangpa lineage, his origin dates back to Kyergangpa, who received his revelation from Guru Rinpoche. +
The lineage of Shamarpa tulkus, literally, the "holders of the red hat," began with the first Shamarpa Drakpa Senge (1283-1349), who was a disciple of the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje. The Shamarpas played an important role in the Karma-Kagyu lineage between the births of the Karmapa. Between 1792 (the date of the death of the tenth Shamarpa) and 1964 (when the thirteenth Shamarpa was enthroned), there was not, for political reasons, an officially recognized Shamar tulku. His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa recognized the thirteenth Shamarpa in the person of Chöki Lodrö, born in 1952. He resides in India and teaches in the West. The Shamar tulkus are recognized as emanations of Buddha Amitābha. +
Name of the realm of dharmadhātu, "the sphere of reality," which is the pure field of Vajradhara. +
(1079-1153) Also called Dagpo Lhaje (dvags po lha rje), literally, the physician from Dagpo. The village and mountain of Gampo, which he was named after, are located in the Dagpo region of southeastern Tibet. Gampopa was trained in the Kadam tradition. He then met Milarepa and became his principal disciple. He was the founder of the Dagpo-Kagyu monastic order whose principal disciple was Tusum Khyenpa, the first Karmapa. His transmission fused the Kadam spiritual current with the Mahāmudrā, received from Milarepa. Among other works, he composed ''The Jewel Ornament of Liberation (dvags po thar rgyan)'' a lam-rim text which is the basic manual of traditional Kagyu studies. +
One of the eighty-four mahāsiddhas. Initially a hunter, he was converted by an emanation of Chenrezig. After twelve years of meditation, he attained the redization of mahāmudrā. +
(1295-1369) Kadampa master, author of the ''Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas'' and of a teaching on lojong, among others. +
He was a lama of Pelpung monastery. His realization brought him the name ''drubpön'', master of retreat, given by the eleventh Ta'i Situpa, a responsibility he would assume over many years, during which time Kalu Rinpoche met him. He became Kdu Rinpoche's root lama and transmitted to him the Shangpa lineage. Having been designated as his best disciple, Kdu Rinpoche succeeded him as drubpön at Pelpung. At death, Lama Norbu manifested the signs of the rainbow body, characteristic of ultimate realization. +
The Shangpa lineage was established in Tibet by the scholar-adept Khyungpo Neljor (ca. 990-1139). Initially, he studied and practiced the Bön and dzogchen traditions; later he went to India in search of teachings. From there he brought back the quintessence of the instructions of 150 masters, among whom the five most important were: the primordial wisdom ḍākinīs Niguma and Sukhasiddhi, Maitrīpa, Abhayā (or Vajrāsana, Dorje Denpa), and Rāhulaguptavajra. He attained redization of and transmitted the Five Golden Teachings and the Five Ultimates, or the ultimate result of the five principal tantras of anuttarayogatantra through the sādhana of the ''Deities of the Five Tantras (rgyud sde lha lnga)'', which are brought together in one single maṇḍala consisting of Guhyasamāja, Mahāmāya, Hevajra, Cakrasaṃvara, and Vajrabhairava. This practice, which comes from the ''Ocean of Jewels Tantra (rin chen rgya mtsho'i rgyud)'' and which was transmitted to him by the mahāsiddha Vajrāsana, constitutes the basis of the Shangpa initiation system.<br>Khyungpo Neljor established his headquarters at Shang Shong (zhang zhong) in the Shang (shangs) valley of central Tibet, west of the Tsang province. The name "Shangpa" was given to the school that developed after him; he lived to the age of 150. He founded over one hundred monasteries, gave teachings, and performed many miracles. He had innumerable disciples, of whom the main one was Mochopa (rmog lcog pa, c. 1117-?), followed by Kyergangpa (skyer sgang pa, c. late twelfth century, early thirteenth; lived 73 years), Nyentön Rigonpa (gnyan ston ri gong pa, early thirteenth century; lived 72 years), and Sangye Tönpa (sangs rgyas ston pa, thirteenth century; lived 72 years); they constituted, with Vajradhara, Niguma, and Khyungpo Neljor, the first seven masters of the lineage, or the Seven Jewels. The instructions that had until then only been transmitted orally and secretly were spread by Sangye Tönpa. They were put down in writing by his successors: Samdingpa Chöndrup (d. 1319), Japa Gyaltsen Bum ('jag chen rgyal mtshan 'bum, 1261-1334), and Serlingpa Tashipel (1292-1365). He had a disciple, Khedrup Tsangma Shangtön (1234-1309); this lineage is said to be distant, and it has continued without interruption within the Kagyu, Nyingma, Sakya, and Gelug schools. Two other lineages, known as "close" and "very close," stemmed from direct revelations from the primordid wisdom ḍākinī Niguma. Their origins are, respectively, the mahāsiddha Thangtong Gyelpo (thang stong rgyal po, 1361-1485) on the one hand, with the Thangluk lineage following, and, on the other hand, Jonang Kunga Drölcho and Taranatha (Drölwai Gönpo, 1575-1634) followed by the lineage called Jonangluk. These different lineages converged in Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye in the nineteenth century. He transmittd them to Tashi Chöpel, who transmitted them to Norbu Töndrup, who in turn transmitted them to Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche, who was the hierarch of this lineage and established its principal seat at Sonada monastery in India, near Darjeeling.<br>The principal teachings transmitted by the Shangpa lineage consist of five cycles:<blockquote>1. From Niguma, particularly the Five Golden Teachings (gser chos sde lnga), which present in a coherent and concise entirety one of the highest and most profound methods for realization;<br>2. From Sukhasiddhi (six yogas and mahāmudrā);<br>3. From Maitrīpa (Mahākāla Chadrupa);<br>4. From Abhayā (deities of the five tantras); and<br>5. From Rāhula (joint practice of four deities). </blockquote>These teachings constitute the heart of the transmission and practices for the three-year retreat in Shangpa centers.
(1004-1064) Atīśa's principal disciple. See Kadampa. +
See Six Ornaments. +
Master who remains famous for his extraordinary energy and self-sacrifice in his quest for the prajñāpāramitā teachings. +
The Khampas are inhabitants of Kham, which is, dong with Amdo, one of the two principal regions of eastern Tibet. +
(ca. 600-650) One of the main exponents of the Madhyamaka-Prāsaṇgika school. His principal works are ''Introduction to the Middle Way (Madhyamakāvatāra, dbu ma la 'jug pa)'' and ''Clear Words (Prasannapadā, tshig gsal)''. +
Name of the divine state in which the buddhas find themselves prior to manifesting in our world. +
The Buddha of wisdom and intelligence. +
