Pagdru Kagyu

Pagdru Kagyü or Pagmo Drupa (Tib. ཕག་མོ་གྲུ་པ་, Wyl. phag mo gru pa) — one of the four major schools of the Dakpo Kagyü, founded by Phagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo (1110-1170) in the twelfth century. The school later splintered into eight sub-schools, founded by Phagmodrupa's eight main disciples. Today, only three of these sub-schools are alive or remain as separate schools: the Drikung Kagyü, Drukpa Kagyü and Taklung Kagyü schools.

The Pagdru Kagyü school ruled over Tibet during the fourteenth century and part of the fifteenth century.

Subdivisions

• Drikung Kagyu, founded by Drikung Kyobpa Jikten Sumgön (1143-1217)
• Drukpa Kagyu, founded by Lingje Repa Pema Dorje (1128-1188); originally known as Ling-re Kagyu
• Taklung Kagyu, founded by Taklung Thangpa Tashi Pal (1142-1210)
• Martsang Kagyu, founded by Marpa Sherab Yeshe (1135-1203)
• Shugseb Kagyu, founded by Gyergom Tsultrim Sengge (1144-1204)
• Trophu Kagyu, founded by Gyeltsa Rinchen Gonpo (1118-1195)
• Yamzang Kagyu, founded by Kelden Yeshé Sangyé (d.1207)
• Yelpa Kagyu, founded by Yelpa Yeshe Tsek (1134-1194)

Further reading

Print:

• E. Gene Smith, 'Golden Rosaries of the Bka' brgyud Schools' in Among Tibetan Texts, (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001)
• Ringu Tulku, The Ri-me Philosophy of Jamgön Kongtrul the Great (Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, 2007), pages 140-143.

Web:

• Pagdru Kagyü, Rigpa Shedra Wiki