Khyungpo Naljor
Khyungpo Naljor | |||
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| Born | c. 1050 Eastern Tsang, Tibet | ||
| Died | c. 1140 | ||
| Religion | Buddhism | ||
| Sect | Vajrayana | ||
| Founder of | Shangpa Kagyu school | ||
Khedrub Khyungpo Naljor (c. 1050 ~ c. 1140) was the founder of the Shangpa Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism[1][2], one of the eight main practice lineages of Vajrayana teachings in Tibet.
Biography
Early Life
Khedrub ('learned and accomplished') Khyungpo Naljor was born around the middle of the eleventh century into a family of the Kyungpo clan at Nyemo Ramang (snye mo ra mangs), in the Eastern part of the Tsang province of Tibet.
Khyungpo Naljor's family were adherents of the Bon religion and during his youth first learned the teachings of that tradition under Yungdrung Gyalwa (g.yung drung rgyal ba). Later he turned to studying and practicing the three sections of Dzogchen teachings (Longde (Dzogchen), Semde and Menngagde) of the Nyingma tradition with the teacher Jungne Senge ('byung gnas seng ge).
Pawo Tsuglag Threngwa(1504–1566), in his history of Buddhism in India and its diffusion in Tibet, A Scholar's Feast, writes that Khyungpo Naljor then met the teacher Kor Nirupa, from whom he received the pith-instructions of the Amanasai cycle.[3]
Travels to Nepal and India
Not satisfied with the teachings he could obtain in Tibet, he traveled south to Nepal where studied Sanskrit with the teacher Sumati. in India from the two Dakinis Niguma ( Naropa's companion ) and Sukhasiddhi (the student of Master Virupa ) as well as from the Gurus Mahāvajrāsana , Maitrīpa , Guptayoga, Rāhula and others he studied the Buddhist traditions then current in India, particularly those of the Vajrayana and Mahamudra.. In total he is said to have learned from no fewer than a hundred and fifty teachers.
Later Life
In the last years of 11th Century or beginning of the 12th Century Khyungpo Naljor founded the monastery of Zhang-zhong in the Shangs valley of southern Tibet - along with over 100 other religious centers (probably mostly small hermitages) nearby. The tradition of his teachings became known as the Shangspa Kagyu as it was first established in this place.[4]
Although he is said to have gathered
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