Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (Kagyü)

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Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (T. dwags po bkra shis rnam rgyal དྭགས་པོ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་) (1513-1587). An important master of the Dakpo Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was also trained in the Sakya lineage and was renowned as a scholar and yogi.

During his later years he served as chief abbot of Daklha Gampo in southern Tibet.

He wrote two highly acclaimed texts on Mahāmudrā practice: Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā and Clarifying the Natural State.

Further reading

  • David P. Jackson. “Which bKra shis rnam rgyal Wrote the Renowned Tibetan Mahāmudrā Manual?” in Esoteric Buddhist Studies: Identity in Diversity (Proceedings of the International Conference on Esoteric Buddhist Studies, Koyasan University, 5 Sept.–8 Sept. 2006), Koyasan University, 2008, pp. 199–205.
  • Bkra-shis-rnam-rgyal; Peter Alan Roberts (translator). "Light Rays from the Jewel of the Excellent Teaching: A General Presentation on the Points of Secret Mantra". Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions:Core Teachings of the Kagyü Schools. Boston: Wisdom Publications. pp. 401–620. 
  • Traleg Kyabgon (translator) (October 1, 2016). Moonbeams of Mahamudra: The Classic Meditation Manual. Shogam Publications. 

External links

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