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[[Image:Rechungpa yak horn.jpg|frame|'''Rechungpa looking for Milarepa inside the Yak's Horn''' from a painting by [[Dugu Choegyal Rinpoche]]]]
[[Image:Rechungpa yak horn.jpg|frame|'''Rechungpa looking for Milarepa inside the Yak's Horn''' from a painting by [[Dugu Choegyal Rinpoche]]]]
'''Rechung Dorje Drak''' ([[Wyl.]] ''ras chung rdo rje grags'') or '''Rechungpa''' (''ras chung pa'') (1083/4-1161) was one of the main disciples of Jetsün [[Milarepa]]. In later biographies, he is mentioned as the second most important of Milarepa's students, the 'moon-like' disciple, with [[Gampopa]] being the foremost, and compared to the sun. Rechungpa, as his name suggests, was a cotton-clad [[yogin]], unlike Gampopa who was a monk.  
'''Rechung Dorje Drak''' ([[Wyl.]] ''ras chung rdo rje grags'') or '''Rechungpa''' (Wyl. ''ras chung pa'') (1083/5-1161) was one of the main disciples of Jetsün [[Milarepa]]. In later biographies, he is mentioned as the second most important of Milarepa's students, the 'moon-like' disciple, with [[Gampopa]] being the foremost, and compared to the sun. Rechungpa, as his name suggests, was a cotton-clad [[yogin]], unlike Gampopa who was a monk.  


==Primary Students==
==Primary Students==
*Sumpa aka Sumtön (''sum-ston''), Tsangpa Sumpa (''gtsang-pa sum-pa'') and Dampa Sumpa (''dam-pa sum-pa'')
*Sumpa aka Sumtön (Wyl. ''sum ston''), Tsangpa Sumpa (Wyl. ''gtsang pa sum pa'') and Dampa Sumpa (Wyl. ''dam pa sum pa'')
*Gyal-lo
*Gyal-lo
*Yang-gön aka Tönpa Yangdak Pal
*Yang-gön aka Tönpa Yangdak Pal
*Yeshe Lama (Wyl. ''ye shes bla ma'')
==Writings==
*''White Rock Vajra Fortress''


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*Peter Alan Roberts, ''The Biographies of Rechungpa: The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography'', Routledge, 2007
*Peter Alan Roberts, ''The Biographies of Rechungpa: The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography'', Routledge, 2007
==External Links==
*[http://www.tbrc-dlms.org/link?RID=P4278 TBRC profile]


[[Category: Historical Masters]]
[[Category: Historical Masters]]
[[Category: Kagyü Masters]]
[[Category: Kagyü Masters]]

Revision as of 07:56, 5 June 2009

Rechungpa looking for Milarepa inside the Yak's Horn from a painting by Dugu Choegyal Rinpoche

Rechung Dorje Drak (Wyl. ras chung rdo rje grags) or Rechungpa (Wyl. ras chung pa) (1083/5-1161) was one of the main disciples of Jetsün Milarepa. In later biographies, he is mentioned as the second most important of Milarepa's students, the 'moon-like' disciple, with Gampopa being the foremost, and compared to the sun. Rechungpa, as his name suggests, was a cotton-clad yogin, unlike Gampopa who was a monk.

Primary Students

  • Sumpa aka Sumtön (Wyl. sum ston), Tsangpa Sumpa (Wyl. gtsang pa sum pa) and Dampa Sumpa (Wyl. dam pa sum pa)
  • Gyal-lo
  • Yang-gön aka Tönpa Yangdak Pal
  • Yeshe Lama (Wyl. ye shes bla ma)

Writings

  • White Rock Vajra Fortress

Further Reading

  • Peter Alan Roberts, The Biographies of Rechungpa: The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography, Routledge, 2007

External Links