Pema Karpo
Künkhyen Pema Karpo ( Tib .: kun mkhyen padma dkar po ; * 1527 ; † 1592 ) was the 4th Gyelwang Drugpa , the head of the Drugpa tradition, one of the so-called "eight smaller schools" of the Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism ( Vajrayana ) and an eminent scholar. He wrote writings on philosophy, logic, literature, history and astrology and also wrote on mahamudra .
He set up the new headquarters of the Drugpa Kagyu tradition in the monastery Sangngag Chöling ( gsang sngags chos gling ) in southern Tibet .
His reincarnations include the 5th Gyelwang Drugpa Pagsam Wangpo ( dpag bsam dbang po ; 1593–1641), who stayed in Tibet and Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel ( zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal ; 1594–1651), who went to Bhutan .
Works
See also
- Je Khenpo (Tib .: je mkhan po )
- Lingrepa
- Tsangpa Gyare
- Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel
- Shabdrung ( zhabs drung )
Web links
- The European Centers of Gyalwang Drukpa - English
- Drukpa Trust - English
- A Brief History of the Drug Sang-Ngag Chöling Monastery ( Alexander Berzin )
- Gajupai simiao - San'an qulin si - Chinese
- Pema Karpo - English (Literature)
- math.uu.se: Tibetan Calendar Mathematics (Svante Janson; PDF; 268 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chinese Kunqian Beima Gapo 昆 虔 • 贝玛嘎波 / 昆 虔 貝瑪嘎波
- ↑ chin. 第四 世 竹 巴 法王 貝瑪嘎波 or Drugchen (Tib .: 'brug chen, chin. 竹青)
- ↑ In the municipality of the same name ( Sangngagqoiling ; Chinese 三 安 曲 林 乡) in the Lhünzê (Lhüntse) district of the Shannan administrative district in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China .
- ↑ He is often given as the founder of this monastery. Other monasteries belonging to the Drugpa School are the Ralung Monastery north of Bhutan , the Hemis Monastery , Thimphu-Dzong (which houses the Central Body of Bhutanese Monks in summer). Punakha-Dzong (houses the Central Body of Monks in winter), Namdruk Monastery and Khardang Monastery (the largest monastery complex in Lahaul ).
| Pema Karpo (alternative names of the lemma) |
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| Tib. པད་ མ་ དཀར་ པོ །, kun mkhyen padma dkar po; Kunkhyen Pema Karpo, 'Brug-chen Pad-ma dkar-po, Chinese Kunqian Beima Gapo 昆 虔 • 贝玛嘎波; 贝玛嘎波; 柏馬嘉波, 白 玛嘎布, 衮 钦 · 白 玛嘎布 |
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| SURNAME | Pema Karpo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | kun mkhyen padma dkar po |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tibetan Buddhist of the Drugpa Kagyu School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1527 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1592 |