Gyaltsab Dampa Kunga Wangchuk, the fourth abbot of Ngor Monastery, was born in 1424. He took novice vows at the age of twelve with Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo and Jangpukpa Kunga Legpa. When Kunga Wangchuk was twenty-seven, he received his full monastic ordination and is said to have upheld the three sets of vows with great […]
Muchen Sempa Chenpo Konchog Gyaltsen was born in the Mu valley of Tibet in 1388. His father was Konchok Zangpo and his mother was Namkha Kyong. He took ordination at the age of nine. He received many teachings and transmissions from many accomplished masters. He also helped Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo to establish Ngor Monastery. […]
Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo was one of the most influential and prominent teachers of the Sakya school. Ngorchen demonstrated remarkable qualities since young and received ordination at the age of nine. He was appointed as the throneholder of the Sazang Ganden temple and later he founded Ngor monastery, which eventually became the seat of the Ngor […]
Jetsunma Chime Tenpa’i Nyima was born in Sakya. Her father was Ngawang Tutob Wangchuk, who was the younger brother of Sachen Kunga Lodro, the thirty-first Sakya throne holder. From a very young age, she studied with her illustrious paternal uncle, Kunga Lodro. Sachen Kunga Lodro bestowed on her all the teachings concerning Vajrayoginī as well […]
Nesar Jamyang Khyentse Wangchuk was born in Bodong E valley in 1524. His father was Namkha Dorje and his mother was Tseten Budren. At the age of eight, he received his first vows from Gorampa. In the same year, he met Tsarchen Losal Gyatso. The following year, Tsarchen gave him initiations and sādhanas for a […]
Māhasiddha Gayādhara was a student of Māhasiddha Avadhutipa, a holder of the Lamdré lineage, and teacher of Drokmi Lotsāwa. […]
Māhasiddha Avadhutipa was a disciple of Māhasiddha Damarupa and a holder of the Lamdré lineage. […]
Māhasiddha Damarupa was the fifth Indian teacher of the Lamdré lineage. […]
Māhasiddha Krishnapa, also known as Kāṇha was one of the eighty-four Indian māhasiddhas. He was Mahāsiddha Virūpa’s second disciple and a holder of the Lamdré lineage. […]
Mahāsiddha Virūpa, the Lord of Yogins who lived in medieval India, received the Lamdré (Path and Its Result) instructions directly from the female buddha Vajra Nairātmyā, the consort of the tutelary deity Śrī Hevajra. He set forth these instructions in the Vajra Verses, which explicate the path to and result of perfect enlightenment, and the […]