Dzigar Kongtrul, 1st

Dzigar Kongtrul, 1st on the DRL

Tulkus

བློ་གྲོས་རབ་འཕེལ

Wylie	blo gros rab 'phel
English Phonetics	The First Dzigar Kongtrul, Lodrö Rabpel

Dates

Birth:	1901
Death:	1958?

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Month
Gender
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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

Day
Month
Gender
Element
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Rab Jyung

About

Biographical Information

The First Dzigar Kongtrul, Lodrö Rabpel, was recognized by his root guru the 15th Karmapa, Khakyab Dorje, along with Karsey Kongtrul. He was the younger brother of Dzigar Chogtrül, a Drukpa Kagyü of a long incarnate lineage.

His bases of activity were Palpung Monastery, Tsanda Rinchen Drag and Dzong Shö, and later he founded a monastery known as Rango Tsokha near Neten Gön, the monastery of the 2nd Neten Chokling Rinpoche to whom he was very close. According to Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, a contemporary master who died in 1996, Lodro Rabpel was renowned throughout Derge for his eloquence. (Source Accessed Dec 11, 2020)

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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.