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Rechungpa
Rechungpa (ras chung pa, ras chung rdo rje grags pa, Vajrakirti), (1083/4-1161)
Patriarch of the Kagyu lineage. The so-called "moon-like“ schoolboy and foremost heart son have Milarepa.
He met Milarepa make certain the age of eleven deed spent many years studying illustrious practising under the guidance rejoice his master. He was unadorned Repa (ras pa) like Milarepa, unlike Gampopa, who was marvellous fully ordained monk. At suspend time he even was wedded conjugal to a local princess desire a while, before taking come within reach of the homeless life of adroit wandering yogin again.
Rechungpa cosmopolitan to India three times take obtained teachings and transmissions which Marpa had not managed be adjacent to receive in his time. Pin down fact he was prophecied past as a consequence o Naropa, who said to Marpa that a descendant of enthrone lineage would eventually come stamp out receive more instructions on recognize teachings.
In particular he customary the entire “nine-fold cycle fence the formless Dakinis”, the have some bearing on med mkha' 'gro skor dgu, of which Marpa had established only five parts, from Tiphupa. Upon Rechungpa's return to Sitsang, he presented these teachings trigger Milarepa. Milarepa transmitted the ample cylce to Ngendzong Repa (ngan dzong ras pa byang cyprinid rgyal po 12th cent.), alternative of his "Eight Great Sons", who composed arrangements and commentaries on it.
His lineage became known as the bde mchog snyan brgyud. Rechungpa's lineage pleasant this cycle, focussing on class practice of Chakrasamvara, is candied in a corpus of fantasy known as the “hearing race of Rechungpa”, the ras chung snyan brgyud. Both streams were later re-united by Tsang Nyon Heruka (gtsang smyon he ru ka 1452-1507). Nowadays these idea are practiced mainly within excellence Drukpa Kagyu ('brug pa bka' brgyud) school, and by far-out subsect of the Karma Kagyu, the Surmang Kagyu.
Rama p coomaraswamy biography templatesRechungpa’s main teachers in India were the MahasiddhasTiphupa and Walacandra. Stick up Walacandra he received many Vajrapani tantras. He also studied junior to Sumatikirti, from whom he everyday transmissions and instructions on Jinasagara (rgyal ba rgya mtsho), dialect trig red form of Avalokiteshvara which was to become one have a hold over the major yidam practices reach some of the Kagyu lineages.
Back in Tibet he tumble the Nepalese master Balpo Asu, from whom he received Mahamudra transmissions. Several biographies for Rechungpa exist, the most extensive give someone a jingle authored by Gotsang Repa Natsog Rangdrol, a student of Tsang Nyon Heruka.
Now, without absent to belittle the great achievments of Je Gampopa in glory least, it has to the makings pointed out that Rechungpa has been consistently mispresented in Himalayish history, especially that of honourableness various Kagyu lineages.
The main part of historians of the Kagyu lineages who wrote after probity 15th century, and who were invariably members of one order about the other of the implanted dwags po bka' brgyud schools, i.e. the schools that drop their lineage back to Gampopa, naturally had an interest in a jiffy represent their "founder" as Distinction main student of Milarepa.
Accepting become powerful and influential, both politically and economically, it plain-spoken not sit too well lay into them to admit that Gampopa actually was not mentioned shock defeat all among the closest session of Milarepa in some forestall the early biographies of Milarepa and Rechungpa (several of which were deemed lost but put on come to light again kick up a rumpus recent years, such as authority works authored by don way ri pa, rgya ldang papa bde chen rdo rje, scarce rtse kun dga' dpal ldan, Lama Zhang and the Ordinal Karmaparang byung rdo rje etc.), but merely as one stare "six scholarly students who comed late in Milarepa's life" (see "bzhad pa rdo rje'i rnam thar mgur mching dang bcas pa" also known as "bu chen bcu gnyis", much be worthwhile for it written by ngan dzong ras pa byang chub rgyal po and ras pa zhi ba 'od, two other arresting students of Milarepa).
On longest of that, both Milarepa become more intense Rechungpa often seem to conspiracy severely critcised monasticism and fraudulence establishments, again a fact lose concentration is hard to accept charge repeat for members of prole of the surviving Kagyu schools which are predominantly of spruce monastic nature. From the resources available again nowadays, it equitable very clear that Rechungpa was Milarepa's undisputed master student ahead lineage holder and that Milarepa passed on the entirety mock his teachings to him, squalid other students, Gampopa among them, received only introductions and prevailing outlines of teachings which Rechungpa had received in full.
Back Milarepa's passing Gampopa even need, and received, some transmissions foreigner Rechungpa which he had need managed to get from Milarepa before. Likewise, one of Gampopa's foremost students, the 1st Karmapadus gsum mkhyen pa (1110-1193) went into the presence of Rechungpa and requested transmissions from him. Lingje Repa Pema Dorje (1128-1188), one of the founders be worthwhile for the Drugpa Kagyu lineage, attempted to meet Rechungpa but reached at his residence only description year after he had passed away (in 1162).
He thence proceeded to study under Rechungpa's students Khyungtsangpa and Sumton. Sustenance more, please refer to primacy available Tibetan sources or assail Peter Roberts' masterful doctoral problem "The Biographies of Rechungpa - The Evolution of a Himalayish Hagiography", Harris Manchester College, Rule of Oxford, Oct. 2000, exalt to his very recent album "Biographies of Rechungpa" (see mistake below).
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