Drukpa Yongdzin Incarnation Line

Drukpa Yongdzin Incarnation Line is the successive line of tulkus of Drukpa Yongzin, who is regarded as an emanation of Milarepa, Tibet’s celebrated yogin. The Drukpa Yongdzin incarnation lineage is one of the ‘Four Pillars’ of the Drukpa Kagyü tradition.

Previous Incarnations

• Milarepa

The Drukpa Yondgzin Incarnations

1. Lhatsewa Ngawang Zangpo, the First Drukpa Yongdzin Rinpoche (1546-1615)
2. Kunga Lhundrup, the Second Drukpa Yongdzin Rinpoche (1617-1676)
3. The Third Drukpa Yongdzin
4. Jampal Pawo, the Fourth Drukpa Yongdzin (1720-1780)
5. The Fifth Drukpa Yongdzin
6. The Sixth Drukpa Yongdzin
7. Ngagi Wangpo, Mipam Yeshe NangwaJampal Sheja Künkhyen, the Seventh Drukpa Yopngdzin
8. Tokden Paksam Gyatso, the Eight Drukpa Yongdzin Rinpoche
9. Decho Yongdzin Rinpoche, the Ninth Drukpa Yongdzin Rinpoche. There was another 9th incarnation, who died in 1995.