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'''Gyalwa Lorepa''' ([[Wyl.]] ''lo ras pa'') or '''Wangchuk Tsöndrü''' (Wyl. ''dbang phyug brtson 'grus'') (1187-1250) was an accomplished [[yogin]] who spent many years meditating in isolated retreat. An important master in the early history of the [[Drukpa Kagyü]] tradition who founded several monasteries in the later part of his life, he was a disciple of [[Tsangpa Gyaré Yeshe Dorje]].
'''Lorepa Wangchuk Tsöndrü''' ([[Wyl.]] ''lo ras pa dbang phyug brtson 'grus'') (1187-1250) was an accomplished [[yogin]] who spent many years meditating in isolated retreat. An important master in the early history of the [[Drukpa Kagyü]] tradition who founded several monasteries in the later part of his life, he was a disciple of [[Tsangpa Gyaré Yeshe Dorje]].


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.tibetanlineages.org/biographies/view/99/6671 Biography at Treasury of Lives]
*[http://www.tbrc.org/link?RID=P4252 TBRC Profile]
*[http://www.tbrc.org/link?RID=P4252 TBRC Profile]


[[Category:Drukpa Kagyü Masters]]
[[Category:Drukpa Kagyü Masters]]

Revision as of 04:13, 17 March 2010

Lorepa Wangchuk Tsöndrü (Wyl. lo ras pa dbang phyug brtson 'grus) (1187-1250) was an accomplished yogin who spent many years meditating in isolated retreat. An important master in the early history of the Drukpa Kagyü tradition who founded several monasteries in the later part of his life, he was a disciple of Tsangpa Gyaré Yeshe Dorje.

Further Reading

  • Nālandā Translation Committee, The Rain of Wisdom, Shambhala Publications, 1980
  • Nālandā Translation Committee, 'The Yogin Lorepa's Retreat at Lake Namtso' in Donald S. Lopez (ed.) Religions of Tibet in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1997

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