Lorepa Wangchuk Tsöndrü

Gyalwa Lorepa (Wyl. lo ras pa) (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