Gyeltsa Rinchen Gonpo
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Gyeltsa Rinchen Gonpo (rgyal tsha rin chen mgon po) (1118-1195) was one the eight foremost disciples of Phagmo Drupa and the founder of the Trophu Kagyu school.
Rinchen Gonpo founded Tropu monastery, which became the seat of the Trophu Kagyu tradition. His nephew, the translator Tropu Lotsāwa Jampa Pel, would eventually establish the Tropu Kagyu as a distinct lineage.[1]
Alternate names
- Gyeltsa Rinchen Gonpo (rgyal tsha rin chen mgon po)
- Tropu Gyeltsa Rinchen Gon (ཁྲོ་ཕུ་རྒྱལ་ཚ་རིན་ཆེན་མགོན།)
- Gyal Tsha Rinchen Gon (rgyal tsha rin chen mgon)
Notes
- ↑
Tropu Kagyu, Treasury of Lives
Further reading
- Tropu Gyeltsa Rinchen Gon, Treasury of Lives
Gyal_Tsha_Rinchen_Gon, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
