- The
Gyalwang Drukpa (Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་དབང་འབྲུག་པ་) is the
honorific title of the head of the
Drukpa Kagyu lineage, one of the
independent Sarma (new) schools...
- The 12th
Gyalwang Drukpa,
Jigmet Pema
Wangchen (Tibetan: འཇིགས་མེད་པདྨ་དབང་ཆེན་, Wylie: "jigs med pad+ma
dbang chen, born 1963), is the head of the Drukpa...
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After the
death of 4th
Gyalwang Drukpa,
Kunkhyen Pema Karpo, in 1592,
there were two
rival candidates for his reincarnation.
Gyalwang Pagsam Wangpo, one of...
- the
Gyalwang Drukpa.
Their name
comes from the order’s
proficiency in
Chinese martial arts,
which they
began learning in 2008
after the 12th
Gyalwang Drukpa...
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rival candidate—
Gyalwang Pagsam Wangpo, an
illegitimate son of the
Chongje king (Chongje Depa),
Ngawang Sönam Dragpa—as the
Gyalwang Drukpa incarnation...
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Kunkhyen Pema
Karpo (1527-1592 CE). In 1597 he was
enthroned as the 5th
Gyalwang Drukpa hierarch of the
Northern branch of the
Drukpa Lineage at
Tashi Thongmon...
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father was
Rinchen Zangpo and
mother was Gomokee. He was
nephew to the 2nd
Gyalwang Drukpa and
father of
Ngawang Tenzin and
Zhingkyong Drukdra. He was known...
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Secretary of the
Sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa, and his wife,
Lekshey Drolma. Upon his birth, he was
recognized by the 16th
Gyalwang Karmapa as the
seventh in...
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state of
Sikkim near the
capital Gangtok. It is the seat-in-exile of the
Gyalwang Karmapa,
inaugurated in 1966 by the 16th Karmapa. It is also a
focal point...
- was
considered to be the
immediate re-incarnation of
Gyalwang Pagsam Wangpo and the
sixth Gyalwang Drukchen hierarch of the
Northern branch of the Drukpa...
