Tumtön Lodrö Dragpa

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Tumtön Lodrö Dragpa (Tib. Gtum ston blo gros grags pa ; * 1106 ; † 1166 ), in short: Tumtön , was a clergyman of the Kadam School, the first Sarma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism . He was a student of Sharawa . In 1153 Tumtön founded the Narthang ( Snar thang ) monastery west of Shigatse , which was the main monastery of the Kadam school.

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  1. ↑ Chinese   董 敦 · 罗 追 札巴 , Pinyin Tongdun Luozhui Zhaba , or 董 敦 for short , Tongdun
  2. ↑ Sharawa Yönten Drag (1070-1141); Tib. sha ra ba yon tan grags; Chinese  侠 尔瓦 · 云 丹札巴 , Pinyin Xia'erwa Yundan Zhaba
  3. ↑ Chinese Natang si 纳 塘 寺
Tumtön Lodrö Dragpa (alternative names of the lemma)
Tumton Lodro Drakpa, 董 敦 · 罗 追 札巴 , Dongdun Luozhui Zhaba , Tumtön; Dongdun Luozhu Zhaba 东 敦 • 罗 朱 扎巴, Dongdun 董 敦, Duduan 敦 端
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SURNAME Tumtön Lodrö Dragpa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES gtum ston blo gros grags pa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Founder of the Narthang Monastery of the Kadam School
DATE OF BIRTH 1106
DATE OF DEATH 1166