Pakmodrupa Dorje Gyelpo

Pakmodrupa Dorje Gyelpo (phag mo gru pa rdo rje rgyal po) (b.1110 - d.1170). A Tibetan scholar and adept who is counted as one of the three foremost disciples of Gampopa, and is venerated as the source for many subsequent Kagyu lineages.

He was also a disciple of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092-1158) one of the founders of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the elder brother of Kathog Dampa Deshek [1122-1192], who founded Kathog monastery and the Kathog branch of the Nyingma school.

Further reading

Online:

• Pakmodrupa Dorje Gyelpo, Treasury of Lives

• Phag_mo_gru_pa_rdo_rje_rgyal_po, Tsadra Commons
• Phagmo_Drupa, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• Phagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo, Wikipedia
• TBRC Profile

In print:

• Phagmodrupa: Engaging by Stages in the Teachings of the Buddha (ⓒ Tara Foundation, distributed by Otter Verlag), which contains a traditional biography of Phagmodrupa:
• The Life and Liberation of Phagmodrupa, The Protector of Migrating Beings by Takpo Chenga Rinpoche and translated by Terence Barrett (itself excerpted from Takpo Chenga Rinpoche's larger History of Drikung (Wyl. 'bri gung chos 'byung) which was published under his ordination name, Drikung Konchog Gyatso, in 2004, by Nationalities Publications, Beijing). Available here