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Cousin and personal assistant of Buddha Śākyamuni. He recited the sūtras at the Council of Vaiśali at the time of the first compilation of the Canon. +
One of the Six Ornaments. +
Meditational deity (yidam) and tantra of anuttarayogatantra. See Shangpa-Kagyu. +
(1012-1097) Tibetan initiator of the Marpa-Kagyu lineage. See Dagpo-Kagyu. +
The lineage of Dalai Lamas dates back to Gendun Drub (1391-1474), one of the closest disciples of Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), who initiated the Gelug school. Gendun Drub founded Tashi Lhunpo monastery at Shigatse. His work was continued by Gendun Drub, followed by Sönam Gyatso, who received from the Mongol emperor Altan Khan the title "Dde Lama" (ta la'i bla ma), or Dalai Lama, signifying "ocean" with reference to his wisdom. The title was applied retroactively to his two predecessors. A grandson of Altan Khan, Yönten Gyatso, was the fourth Dalai Lama. His successor, Lobsang Gyatso (1617-1682), known as the Great Fifth, relied on his Mongol allies to emerge victorious in power struggles between provinces and Tibetan schools. They established him as the supreme authority of all Tibet, of which he was in great part the unifier and organizer. It was he who had the Potala palace built at Lhasa. The lineage of Dalai Lamas has continued without interruption up to the present fourteenth holder of the title: His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, born in July 1935. The Dalai Lamas are emanations of Chenrezig, the buddha of compassion, who is the patron and protector of Tibet. +
Kadampa master of the eleventh century, he was the disciple of Gönpapa (aranyaka), abbot of Radreng monastery, and of Potowa (po to ba, 1031-1105), the famous yogi. He received the dzogchen teachings and attained the rainbow body. +
A collection, often in 108 volumes, that constitutes the base of the Buddhist canon in the Tibetan tradition. The ''Kangyur'' (literally, "translation of the words of Buddha") is divided into several sections, of which the main ones are the ''Tripiṭaka'', or Three Baskets, (sde snod gsum) and the tantras (rgyud). +
One of four principal schools of the Tibetan tradition founded by Könchok Gyelpo (1034-1102). His special teaching is the Lamdre, "the way and the fruit." +
The Kagyu school has two main branches: Shangpa-Kagyu (shangs pa bka' brgyud) and Marpa-Kagyu (mar pa bka' brgyud). The Marpa-Kagyu branch has continued in the Dagpo-Kagyu (dvags po bka' brgyud) transmission, which stems from Dagpo Lhaje, or Gampopa. The Dagpo-Kagyu lineage itself includes the four main branches founded by the four disciples of Gampopa. The two better-known branches are the Karma-Kagyu, or Kamtshang-Kagyu, founded by the first Karmapa Tusum Khyenpa (1110-1193) and the Drikung-Kagyu, founded by Kyobpa Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217). Gampopa's third disciple, Phagmo Drupa (1110-1170), founded the Phagdru-Kagyu lineage. He had eight principal disciples who originated the eight schools of the secondary branch. Among the eight, the best known is the Drukpa-Kagyu school, founded by Ling Repa (1128—1189). +
Meditational deity of the dharmakāya, the primordial awakening; inspirer of the revelations of numerous lineages. +
One of the first ten disciples of Buddha, son of a notable Indian family. +
A famous Bönpo master who was a rival of Milarepa. +
Major deity whose state corresponds to one of the levels of the world of pure form. +
Famous monastic university of eastern Bihar, founded by the king Dharmapāla in about the year 800. It progressed until the decline of Nālanda and remained in existence until the Muslim invasions of the thirteenth century. Atīśa was its chancellor before coming to Tibet. +
Meditational deity whose practice is particularly associated with purification. +
(1813-1899) Extremely brilliant in his youth, recognized by the eleventh Situpa Pema Wangcho Gyelpo (1886-1952) as a tulku, he undertook, with other great masters — among them Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Mipham Rinpoche, Chogyur Dechen Lingpa and Dza Patrul — a great revivd movement known as the Rimé, the impartial approach. This movement was based on the spiritual experience and fundamental unity of the different traditions, beyond their specific formulations. Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye left an immense heritage in the form of five treasures: ''The Encyclopedia of Traditional Knowledge (shes bya mdzod)'' in four volumes; ''The Treasury of Precious Terma (rin chen gter mdzod)'' in sixty-three volumes; ''The Treasury of Kagyu Tantras (bka' brgyud sngags mdzod)'' in eight volumes; ''The Treasury of Essential Instructions ofthe Eight Practice Lineages (gdams ngag mdzod)'' in ten volumes; and ''The Treasury of Vast Words (rgya chen bka' mdzod)'' in ten volumes — his personal writings.<br>Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye played an essential role in many lineages, compiling teachings and allowing for their continuous transmission. In the second generation, he had several emanations, the best known being Pelpung Kongtrul, Pelden Khyentse Öser (1904-1953), who became a link in the transmission of the Kamtsang-Kagyu lineage; Sechen Kongtrul Padma Drimé (1901-1960), who was Trungpa Rinpoche's (1939-1987) root lama, and Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche, who was recognized especially as the emanation of the enlightened activity of Jamgön Kongtrul. In the third generation, Pelpung Kongtml Chöki Senge Tenpe Gocha (1954-1992), disciple of the sixteenth Karmapa, was particularly well known; he taught in the West. +
One of Khyungpo Neljor's masters. See Shangpa-Kagyu. +
(1842-1924) Also called Natsho Rangdröl (snga tshogs rang grol). One of Mipham Rinpoche's principal disciples +
(978-1128, or 990-1139) Tibetan initiator of the Shangpa lineage. See Shangpa-Kagyu. +
