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[[Image:Shakyashri.jpg|frame|Tokden Shakya Shri]]
'''Tokden Shakya Shri''' (Tib. གས་ལྡན་ཤཱཀྱ་ཤྲཱི་, Wyl. ''rtogs ldan shAkya shrI'') aka '''Drubwang Shakya Shri''' (''grub dbang shAkya shrI'') (1853-1919) — a great [[Mahamudra]] and [[Dzogchen]] master. He was brought up in a [[Drukpa Kagyü]] monastery, and his main masters from that tradition were [[Khamtrul Tenpé Nyima]] and [[Drubwang Tsoknyi]]. He later met [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] from whom he received Dzogchen teachings. He established a meditation camp in Khyipuk, [[Central Tibet]], which gathered up to 700 students in simple tents and hillside caves, and was famous for its strict discipline and zealous practice of Mahamudra and Dzogchen meditation. His students included [[Lama Sönam Zangpo]], the grandfather of [[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]].

==Children==
Shakya Shri's lineage was consolidated and upheld mainly by his children:
*[[Pakchok Dorje]], aka Sé Pakchok Rinpoche (Wyl. ''sras 'phags mchog rdo rje'') (1893-1943), his 5th son who was regarded as an emanation of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]
*Tsering Rinchen, son
*Ngawang Chöying, son
*Padma Lhamo (aka Apé), a daughter who married the 7th Drugu Chögyal Rinpoche (1886-194?)
*his youngest daughter married the 10th Gyalwang Drukchen, Jikmé Mipham Chöwang (1884-1930) 

==Writings==
*Shakya Shri Jñana, 'The Vital Essence' in ''Quintessential Dzogchen'', translated & compiled by Erik Pema Kunsang and Marcia Binder Schmidt (Boudhanath, Hong Kong & Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2006), pages 27-36. 

==Further Reading==
*Jamyang Wangmo, ''The Lawudo Lama, Stories of Reincarnation from the Mount Everest Region'', Wisdom Publications, 2005, pages 66-67.
*[[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso|Kathog Situ Chökyi Gyatso]], ''Togden Shakya Shri—The Life and Liberation of a Tibetan Yogin'', translated and compiled by Elio Guarisco, Shang Shung Institute, 2009.
*[[Nyoshul Khenpo]], ''A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage'', Padma Publications, 2005, pages 442-443.
*[[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], ''Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche'', North Atlantic Books, 2005, 'Chapter 13: Shakya Shri, Lord of Siddhas'. ISBN 9-62-734156-8

==External Links==
*[http://blog.tbrc.org/?p=1161 “Marital Alliances in the Creation of Tibetan Lineage: Case Studies from the Family of Rtogs ldan Śākya shrī” by Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa on TBRC blog]
*{{TBRC|P620|TBRC profile}}
*[http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Shakya-Shri/8782 Biography at Treasure of Lives]

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