Gzhon nu seng ge

Gzhon nu seng ge on the DRL

གཞོན་ནུ་སེངྒེ

Wylie	gzhon nu seng+ge
English Phonetics	Zhönu Senge

Dates

Birth:	1200
Death:	1266

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

About

Biographical Information

Zhönu Senge is counted as the second of the “Nine Incomparable Lions,” patriarchs of the Drukpa Kagyu tradition. He was born into a prominent Drukpa family – his paternal uncle was Darma Sengge Sanggye Won, the first of the Nine Incomparable Lions and the student of Tsangpa Gyare, who founded the Drukap tradition. He served as the third abbot of Ralung Monastery.

Links

BDRC Link (P913)

https://library.bdrc.io/show/bdr:P913

Treasury of Lives Link

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Zhonnu-Sengge/11909

Wiki Pages

The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.