Trungpa tülkus
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| Trungpa tülku Tibetan: དྲུང་པ་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ Wylie: Drung-pa sprul-sku ZWPY: Chungba zhügu |
The Trungpa tülkus are a line of incarnate Tibetan lamas who traditionally head Surmang monastery (complex) in Kham (Eastern Tibet). There have been twelve such tulkus. Mahasiddha Trungmase was the teacher of the first Trungpa Tulku, Kunga Gyaltsen.
[edit] The line of the Trungpa tulkus
- Kunga Gyaltsen
- Kunga Zangpo
- Kung Oser
- Kunga Namgyal
- Tendrel Chögyal
- Lodro Tenphel
- Jampel Chögyal
- Gyurme Tenphel
- Karma Tenphel
- Chökyi Nyinche (1875 to 1938)
- Chökyi Gyamtso (Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche) (1940 - April 4, 1987) was one of the most influential teachers of Buddhism in the west. He is the founder of Shambhala International.
- Chökyi Sengay (Sengye/Senge) (Choseng Trungpa Rinpoche) (b. February 6, 1989). Chokyi Sengay is the present Trungpa tulku.
[edit] Chökyi Nyinche
According to Fabrice Midal, the tenth Trungpa tulku rejected his role as fundraiser for the Surmang monasteries and preferred to live as a disciplined meditation practitioner. At one point, to escape his duties as the figurehead of the monastery complex, he ran away on foot to study with Jamgon Kongtrul. He studied with Kongtrul Rinpoche for many years before returning to Surmang, and at that point had the reputation of a realized teacher. Dilgo Khyentse and second Jamgon Kongtrul of Sechen studied with him. They later became the direct teachers of the eleventh Trungpa tulku.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Midal (2004) p. 40
- Midal, Fabrice (2004) Chögyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision ISBN 159030098X
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