Dwags po bkra shis rnam rgyal

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Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (1513-1587) was the first recognized reincarnation of Gampopa and an important master of the Dakpo Kagyu tradition. He wrote two highly acclaimed texts on Mahāmudrā practice: Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā and Clarifying the Natural State.

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All beings have Buddha-nature
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Which Wheel Turning
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Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Tibetan: དྭགས་པོ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་

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• dwags po bkra shis rnam rgyal
  
• sgam po pa bkra shis rnam rgyal
  
• bkra shis rnam rgyal
  
• dwags po paN chen bkra shis rnam rgyal
  
• sgam po paN chen bkra shis rnam rgyal
  

Other Transliterations in use:

• Dakpo Tashi Namgyal
  
• Takpo Tashi Namgyal
  
• Gampopa Tashi Namgyal
  
• Tashi Namgyal
  
• Dakpo Panchen Tashi Namgyal
  
• Dakpo Paṇchen Tashi Namgyal
  
• Gampo Panchen Tashi Namgyal
  
• Gampo Paṇchen Tashi Namgyal
  

Dates

Born: 1512/1513
Died: 1587

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TBRC RID: P827

Main Students

• pad+ma dkar po
  
• mi pham blo gros
  

Main Teachers

• bkra shis dpal bzang
  

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.

Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation tradition in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna forms of Into-Tibetan Buddhism that is focused on the realization of the empty and luminous nature of the mind. It also refers to the resultant state of buddhahood attained through such meditation practice. In Tibet, this tradition is particularly associated with the Kagyu school, although all other schools also profess this tradition. The term also appears as part of the four seals, alongside dharmamūdra, samayamudrā, and karmamudrā.

Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.