Gyalwang Pagsam Wangpo

Gyalwang Pagsam Wangpo
Religion Tibetan Buddhist
School Drukpa Lineage
Lineage Gyalwang Drukpa
Personal
Born 1593
Chonggye, Tsang, southern Tibet
Died 1653
Senior posting
Title 5th Gyalwang Drukpa
Period in office 1597-1653
Religious career
Teacher Lhatsewa Ngawang Zangpo (lha rtse ba ngag dbang bzang po) (1546-1615)
Reincarnation Kunkhyen Pema Karpo (1527-1592 CE)
Students Taktsang Repa,
Dungkar Mipam Lodrö (1577-1636),
Künga Lhündrup (1616-1675)
Mipam Püntsok Shérap

Pagsam Wangpo (dpag bsam dbang po) (1593-1653 CE), a key figure in the history of the Drukpa Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, was born at Chonggye ('phyong rgyas), in the Tsang province of Tibet a natural son of the prince of Chonggye, Ngawang Sonam Dragpa. He was an elder cousin of the 5th Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617-1682).[1]

Pagsam Wangpo was considered to be an immediate re-incarnation of Kunkhyen Pema Karpo (1527-1592 CE). In 1597 he was enthroned as the 5th Gyalwang Drukpa hierarch of the Northern branch of the Drukpa Lineage at Tashi Thongmon monastery, resulting in a lengthy dispute with a rival candidate enthroned at Ralung Monastery.

Disputed Incarnation

Following a traditional paternal-uncle to nephew model of spiritual and temporal succession common in Tibet during that period known as khuwon (khu dbon),[2] the Gya (rgya), also known as the Druk, family descended from Tsangpa Gyare (1161–1211) and his nephew Darma Senge (Wylie: dar ma seng+ge , 1177-1237)[3] held both the main spiritual succession of the Central Drukpa (bar 'bruk) tradition as well as the temporal control of Ralung Monastery and its extensive estates for over 400 years.[4] In English sources, this particular line of spiritual and temporal succession is often referred to as the hereditary lineage of the "prince-abbots" of Ralung.

The 13th hierarch of this Ralung succession, Kunga Penjor (Wylie: kun dga' dpal 'byor , 1428-1476)[5] declared himself to be the reincarnation of the founder Tsangpa Gyare, thus becoming the 2nd Gyalwang Drukpa as well as the hereditary hierarch of Ralung.[6] However, following his death, the Gya family had no male heir to assume the position of his reincarnation. Some of his students therefore looked outside of Gya clan in order to continue this incarnation line. Chödrak Gyatso, 7th Karmapa Lama (1454-1506) recognized Jamyang Chökyi Drakpa, a son of his patrons, the powerful Ja (Wylie: bya ) clan, as the Third Gyalwang Drukpa.;[7] Then following his death in 1523, a boy from the Kongpo region was recognized as his reincarnation and became the fourth Gyalwang Drukpa, Kunkhyen ("the omniscient") Padma Karpo, the greatest scholar in the history of the Drukpa school.

Meanwhile, Ngawang Chögyal (Wylie: ngag dbang chos rgyal, 1465-1540 )[8] the nephew of Drukpa Kunley and son of Kunga Paljor's brother Nangso Rinchen Zangpo (nang so rin chen bzang po)[9] (also known as Lhawang), succeeded Kunga Paljor as the 14th hereditary prince-abbot of Ralung. He was succeeded by his elder son Ngawang Drakpa (1506-1530);[10] who in turn was succeeded by his younger brother Ngagi Wangchuck (1517-1554);[11] who was succeeded by his son Mipham Chögyal (1543-1606).[12]

The Central Drukpa school thus became effectively split into two, one group following the incarnation line of the Gyalwang Drukpas and another following the old hereditary Drukpa lineage of the prince abbots of Ralung monastery.

Following the death of the Kunkhyen Pema Karpo in 1592, two candidates were claimed as his reincarnation: Pagsam Wangpo (b. 1593), the natural son of the prince of Chongye, and Ngawang Namgyal (b.1594), the son of Mipham Chögyal, 17th prince-abbot of Ralung. The arbitrage between the parties of the two candidates was long and complex, involving most of the principal religious and political dignitaries of Tibet at that time. Lhatsewa Ngawang Zangpo (lha rtse ba ngag dbang bzang po, 1546-1615), an influential follower of Gyalwang Drukpa Padma Karpo, and most of the monks of Tashi Thongmon and Druk Sangag Chöling monasteries, favoured Lhatsewa's nephew, Pagsam Wangpo; while the Gya clan of Ralung Monastery, the traditional seat of the Drukpa school, and their supporters laid claim on behalf of Ngawang Namgyal. The long dispute ultimately led to a decision by the strongman of Tibet, Karma Phuntsok Namgyal, who chose the Chonggye candidate Pagsam Wangpo. This cemented the split of the central branch of the Drukpa school into Northern and Southern branches, and the flight of the opposing candidate to the south of the Himalayas where he established an independent Drukpa state now known as Bhutan.[13] [14] [15] [16]

Teachers

The principal teachers of Pagsam Wangpo were:

Disciples

Among the many disciples of Pagsam Wangpo notable were:

Biographies

Tibetan Namthar:
Note: Namthar contain accounts of the external life and interior realizations of great masters of the Tibetan tradition written in a reverential or hagiographical tone.

References

  1. ↑ Gardner, Alexander (2009). "The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso". The Treasury of Lives. Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Yoshiro Imaeda (2013). The Successors of Zhabdung Ngawang Namgyel. Thimphu: Riyang Books. p. 4. ISBN 978-99936-899-3-5.
  3. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P912
  4. ↑ Yonten Dargye (2001). History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan (12th to 17th Century A.D.). Thimphu, Bhutan: n/a. pp. 38–51, 84–91. ISBN 99936-616-0-0.
  5. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P920
  6. ↑ Gardner, Alexander (2010). "The Second Drukpa, Kunga Peljor". The Treasury of Lives. Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Gardner, Alexander (2010). "The Third Drukpa, Jamyang Chodrak". The Treasury of Lives. Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  8. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P873
  9. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4477
  10. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P3866
  11. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4478
  12. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P2629
  13. ↑ Sangay Dorji (2008). The Biography of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal: Pal Drukpa Rinpoche. Sonam Kinga (translator). Thimphu, Bhutan: KMT Publications. ISBN 99936-22-40-0.
  14. ↑ Yoshiro Imaeda (2013). The Successors of Zhabdung Ngawang Namgyel. Thimphu: Riyang Books. pp. 8–10. ISBN 978-99936-899-3-5.
  15. ↑ Yonten Dargye (2001). History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan (12th to 17th Century A.D.). Thimphu, Bhutan. pp. 119–123. ISBN 99936-616-0-0.
  16. ↑ Karma Phuntsho (2013). The History of Bhutan. Nodia: Random House India. pp. 213–217. ISBN 9788184003116.
  17. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P874
  18. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P881
  19. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P888
  20. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P2788
  21. ↑ Gardner, Alexander (2010). "Jatson Nyingpo". The Treasury of Lives. Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  22. ↑ Gardner, Alexander (2009). "Taktsang Repa Ngawang Gyatso". The Treasury of Lives. Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  23. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P878
  24. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P886
  25. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P5170
  26. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=W23429
  27. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=W20905
  28. ↑ http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=O3JT326

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