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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*E. Gene Smith, 'The Shangs pa Bka' rgyud Tradition' in ''Among Tibetan Texts'', Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001 | |||
*Matthew Kapstein, “The Shangs-pa bKa'-brgyud: an unknown school of Tibetan Buddhism”. In ''Studies in Honor of Hugh Richardson'', ed. Michael Aris and Aung San Suu Kyi. Warminster: Aris and Phillips, 1980 pp. 138-144. | *Matthew Kapstein, “The Shangs-pa bKa'-brgyud: an unknown school of Tibetan Buddhism”. In ''Studies in Honor of Hugh Richardson'', ed. Michael Aris and Aung San Suu Kyi. Warminster: Aris and Phillips, 1980 pp. 138-144. | ||
[[Category: Schools and Lineages]] | [[Category: Schools and Lineages]] | ||
[[Category: Shangpa Kagyü]] | [[Category: Shangpa Kagyü]] | ||
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The Shangpa Kagyü (Wyl. shangs pa bka' brgyud) school was founded by Khyungpo Naljor (1002-1064) who was prophesied by the Buddha. He made his seat in a place called Shang in the Tsang region of Tibet. He was therefore known as the Lama Shangpa and his lineage the Shangpa Kagyü. Thangtong Gyalpo and Jetsün Taranatha were among the great masters who upheld this lineage, which is one of the Eight practice lineages. Kalu Rinpoche and Bokar Rinpoche were the recent heads of this school, and founded a great number of centres in the West.
Further Reading
- E. Gene Smith, 'The Shangs pa Bka' rgyud Tradition' in Among Tibetan Texts, Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001
- Matthew Kapstein, “The Shangs-pa bKa'-brgyud: an unknown school of Tibetan Buddhism”. In Studies in Honor of Hugh Richardson, ed. Michael Aris and Aung San Suu Kyi. Warminster: Aris and Phillips, 1980 pp. 138-144.