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'''Drak Yerpa''' (Tib. བྲག་ཡེར་པ་, [[Wyl.]] ''brag yer pa'') is a holy place of Guru [[Padmasambhava]]. In this place of great scenic beauty there are over 80 caves where many great beings from all lineages meditated. On the top are the caves of Guru Padmasambhava  and of [[Yeshe Tsogyal]] (Tib. ''Sang Puk''; Wyl. ''gsang phug''). Below is Drubtop Puk (Wyl. ''grub thob phug''), the great cave where the 80 siddhas of Yerpa (Guru Padmasambhava's disciples) meditated together. There is also Lord [[Atisha]]'s cave (Tib. ''Tendrel Puk''; Wyl. ''rten 'brel phug''). 

==Further Reading==
*Victor Chan, ''Tibet Handbook—A Pilgrimage Guide'' (Chico: Moon Publications, 1994), 'Drak Yerpa: A Retreat Founded by King Songtsen Gampo', pages 338-343.

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