Trophu Kagyu

Trophu Kagyü (Tib. ཁྲོ་ཕུ་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་, Wyl. khro phu bka' brgyud). One of the eight minor schools of the Dakpo Kagyu, founded by Gyeltsa Rinchen Gonpo, a disciple of Phagmo Drupa, in the twelfth century.

Rinchen Gonpo founded Tropu monastery, which became the seat of the tradition. The acclaimed translator Tropu Lotsāwa Jampa Pel, Rinchen Gonpo's nephew, would eventually establish the Tropu Kagyu as a distinct lineage.

Further reading

Print:

• E. Gene Smith, 'Golden Rosaries of the Bka' brgyud Schools' in Among Tibetan Texts (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001)

Web:

• Tropu Kagyu, Treasury of Lives

• Trophu Kagyü, Rigpa Shedra Wiki