Dromtonpa biography of rory
Dromtonpa biography of rory
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Dromtön
འབྲོམ་སྟོན་པ་རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་ | |
| Personal life | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1004 or 1005 |
| Died | 1064 |
| Other names | Dromtön Gyelwé Jungné |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Initiator of the Kadam school |
| Dharma names | Gyélwé Jungne |
| Ordination | Lay vows with Snanam Rdorje Bbangphyug (976-1060); never ordained. |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Chief disciple of Atiśa; Grum gyi Mkhanbu Chenpo Sebtsun; studied reading and writing with Paṇḍita Smṛti |
| Post | Founded Reting Monastery, 1056 |
| Reincarnation | 45th incarnation of Avalokiteśvara |
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Dromtön, Drom Tonpa or Dromtönpa Gyelwé Jungné (Tibetan: འབྲོམ་སྟོན་པ་རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་, 1004 or 1005–1064) was the chief disciple of the Buddhist master Atiśa, the initiator of the Kadam school of Tibetan Buddhism and t