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'''Taklung Kagyü''' (Tib. སྟག་ལུང་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་, [[Wyl.]] ''stag lung bka' brgyud'') — one of [[Kagyü]] and [[Pagdru Kagyü]] subschools founded by [[Taklung Thangpa Tashi Pal]] (1142-1210). The Taklung Kagyü lineage has been blessed by many great masters, such as: Kuyel Rinchen Gönpo (1191-1236), Sangyé Yarjön (1203-1272), Sangyé Wön Drakpa Pal (1251-1296), who built the [[Riwoche Monastery|Riwoche monastery]]  in Kham, noted for having colleges for the study of the different schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and the 7th Riwoche Jedrung Jampa Jungné (1856-1922). The Taklung monastery in central Tibet and the Riwoche monastery each had three main lamas or Kyabgöns: in Taklung, there were Shabdrung Rinpoche, Matrul Rinpoche, and Tsetrul Rinpoche; and at Riwoche, Phakchok Rinpoche, Jédrung Rinpoche, and Riwoche Shabdrung Rinpoche. Currently the lineage is headed by the 7th [[Phakchok Rinpoche]], the 7th Taklung Matrul Rinpoche, and the 26th Taklung Shabdrung Rinpoche.


==Further Reading==
*E. Gene Smith, 'Golden Rosaries of the Bka' brgyud Schools' in ''Among Tibetan Texts'', Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001

==Internal Links==
*[[Jedrung Rinpoche Incarnation Line]]
*[[Phakchok Rinpoche Incarnation Line]]
*[[Riwoche Monastery]]
*[[Taklung Monastery]]

==External Links==
*[https://treasuryoflives.org/tradition/Taklung-Kagyu Treasury of Lives Page]

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[[Category: Kagyü]]