Search Results: Shangpa Kagyu
The Shangpa Kagyu (shangs pa bka’ brgyud) tradition was initiated in the 11th century by Khyungpo Naljor (khyung po rnal byor), who received the Mahamudra teachings in India from Niguma, the sister of Naropa. He established the monastery of Shang Shang Dorje Den (shangs shangs rdo rje ldan) in the Shang valley in Tsang. A single line of transmission, said to have been initiated by the Buddha Vajradhara and taught first to Niguma, passed to Khyungpo Naljor and then on to his disciple Mogchokpa (rmog lcog pa) through Wonton Kyergangwa Chokyi Sengge (dbon ston skyer sgang ba chos kyi seng ge), Nyanton Rigung Chokyi Sherab (gnyan ston), to Sanggye Tonpa Tsondru Senge (sangs rgyas ston pa), was known as the transmission of the seven precious Shangpa. Then, in the 13th century Sanggye Tonpa passed the lineage on to multiple disciples and the Shangpa teachings were written down. The Shangpa lineages were largely was absorbed into the institutional organizations of the Marpa Kagyu, Gelug, Sakya and the Jonang, although it was partially revived in the 19th century by Jamgon Kongtrul (’jam mgon kong sprul); his two personal hermitages, Tsandra Rinchen Drag (rtsa ’dra rin chen brag) and Dzongsho Deshek Dupa (rdzong shod bde gshegs bdus pa) are both Shangpa Kagyu institutions. The Shangpa teachings are known as the Five Golden Doctrines (shangs pa gser chos lnga), which include the Nigu Chodrug, or (ni gu chos drug), the Six Yogas of Niguma, a grouping similar to the Naro Chodrug of the Marpa Kagyu.