Barom Kagyu

Barom Kagyü (T. 'ba' rom bka' brgyud འབའ་རོམ་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད།). One of the four main sub-schools of the Dakpo Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism. This school was founded by one of Gampopa's disciples, Barompa Darma Wangchug (1127-1199). He founded the school's first seat, Barom Gompa, at Sangshyung, in the Nakchu province of Central Tibet. After an avalanche buried this first temple, a second monastery was established in Nangchen, Eastern Tibet, at the invitation of the king of Nangchen. Ever since, the Barom Kagyü lineage has been closely linked with the kingdoms of Nangchen and Tsangsar, and was continued mainly as a family lineage.

Recent lineage holders in this school include Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and Lama Gendun Rinpoche.

Sources

• Barom Kagyu, Treasury of Lives

• Barom Kagyü, Rigpa Shedra Wiki

Further reading

• Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (Boudhanath, Hong Kong, Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2005), Ch. 3, 'Gampopa and the Early Barom Masters'.

External links

• Barom Kagyu Chodrak Pende Ling
• Barom Kagyu, Treasury of Lives

• Barom Kagyü, Rigpa Shedra Wiki