Dromton Gyelwa Jungne
Dromton Gyelwe Jungne (T. brom ston pa rgyal ba'i 'byung gnas འབྲོམ་སྟོན་རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་) (1004 or 1005–1064), a.k.a. Dromtönpa, was the main disciple of Atiśa and the founder of Radreng Monastery, which became the center of the Kadampa school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Dromtönpa was born in Tolung at the beginning of the period of the second propagation of Buddhism in Tibet. "His father was Kushen Yaksherpen (sku gshen yag gsher 'phen) and his mother was Kuoza Lenchikma (khu 'od bza' lan gcig ma)."[1] His father's title skugshen indicates he was an important figure in the Bon tradition.
Dromtönpa began teaching in Tibet in 1042.
Dromtönpa founded Radreng Monastery in 1056 in the Reting Tsampo Valley north of Lhasa. Radreng Monastery became the seat of the Kadampa lineage.[2]
Dromtönpa had many students.[3] His three chief disciples were:[1]
- Potowa Rinchen Sel (1027-1105),
- Puchungwa Zhonnu Gyeltsen (phu chung ba gzhon nu rgyal mtshan, 1031-1106) and
- Chennga Tsultrim Bar (spyan snga tshul khrims ’bar, 1038-1103).
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Gardner, Alexander (2010), Dromton Gyelwa Jungne, Treasury of Lives
- ↑ Reting Monastery, Treasury of Lives
- ↑
Dromtönpa Gyalwé Jungné, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
Further reading
- Dilgo Kyentse (1993). Enlightened Courage. Snow Lion. ISBN 1-55939-023-9.