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Drigung Kagyu Lineage
The Drigung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism was founded in the 12th
century by Kyobpa Rinpoche Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217) who
established a
monastic community at Drigung Valley, more than sixty miles northeast
of Lhasa in Central Tibet. Kyobpa Rinpoche was the foremost successor
of Phagmo Drupa (1110-1170) who was in turn the successor of Gampopa
(1079-1153). As a member of the Kagyu family, it shares with the
other Kagyu lineages (like Karma Kagyu and Drukpa Kagyu) practices
such as Mahamudra (phyag rgya chen po)
and the Six Dharmas of Naropa (na ro chos
drug). Following the
example of Gampopa, many Kagyu followers and in particular Kyobpa
Rinpoche and his disciples were also pure holders of the
monastic tradition as taught by the great Kadampa masters - the Indian
master Atisha (982-1054) and his Tibetan disciples. Within this context
of a shared heritage with the other Kagyu lineages, the Drigung Kagyu is
known for the philosophical view
expressed in The Single Intention (dgong
gcig),
and the stages of Mahamudra practice known as "The Five-fold Profound
Path" (phyag chen lnga dan).
Furthermore, from the 16th century onward the Drigung Kagyu has held the
main transmission of a treasure-cycle known as the Most Profound (yang zab).
Drigung Kagyu Resource Website
This Drigung Kagyu Resource Website
(DKRW) is a private, unofficial website providing
information on Buddhism in general and the Drigung Kagyu
Lineage in particular.
This on-going project is dedicated to the support of
Drigung-thil Monastery - the head-monastery of the
Drigung Kagyu Lineage founded by Kyobpa Rinpoche in
1179. If you are interested in helping the Monastery,
please contact Dr. H. Lye at
HLye@bellsouth.net.
Materials on this website are either newly published or culled from
other published and unpublished sources for the convenience and
reference of followers of the Drigung Kagyu and other interested individuals. Whenever possible, the sources of the
material gathered at this site will be acknowledged.
Click on the following
links to explore the DKRW:
(The first picture - that
of Kyobpa Rinpoche and his two chief discples - is taken
from
http://www.himalayanart.org. The middle picture of Jangchub Ling Monastery at
Drigung-thil is from
http://www.worldisround.com. The last picture, also
of Jangchub Ling, was taken prior to 1949.)
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