Dromtönpa Gyalwé Jungné

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Dromtönpa Gyalwé Jungné

Dromtönpa Gyalwé Jungné (Tib. འབྲོམ་སྟོན་པ་རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་, Wyl. 'brom ston pa rgyal ba'i 'byung gnas) (1004/5-1064) — the main Tibetan disciple and lineage-holder of Atisha. He founded Radreng Monastery and had countless students, the chief of whom were Putowa Rinchen Sal, Chengawa Tsultrim Bar and Phuchungwa Shyönnu Gyaltsen.

According to Dezhung Rinpoche, he was also known as Geshe Tönpa and Radrengpa.[1]

Notes

  1. See Dhongthog Rinpoche, sde gzhung lung rigs sprul sku kun dga' bstan pa'i nyi ma'i zhal snga nas snga rjes thos pa'i gdams ngag dang lo rgyus rnams kyi zin bris phyogs bsgrigs, p.3

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