"This meditation-rock (Drigung) is inseparable from me throughout the three times...."

Drigung Kagyu Lineage
The Drigung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism was founded in the 12th century by Kyobpa Rinpoche Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217) who established a monastic community at Drigung Valley, more than sixty miles northeast of Lhasa in Central Tibet. Kyobpa Rinpoche was the foremost successor of Phagmo Drupa (1110-1170) who was in turn the successor of Gampopa (1079-1153). As a member of the Kagyu family, it shares with the other Kagyu lineages (like Karma Kagyu and Drukpa Kagyu) practices such as Mahāmudrā (phyag rgya chen po) and the Six Dharmas of Naropa (na ro chos drug). Following the example of Gampopa, many Kagyu followers and in particular Kyobpa Rinpoche and his disciples were also pure holders of the monastic tradition as taught by the great Kadampa masters - the Indian master Atisha (982-1054) and his Tibetan disciples. Within this context of a shared heritage with the other Kagyu lineages, the Drigung Kagyu is known for the philosophical view expressed in The Single Intention (dgong gcig), and the stages of Mahāmudrā practice known as "The Five-fold Profound Path" (phyag chen lnga dan). Furthermore, from the 16th century onward the Drigung Kagyu has held the main transmission of a treasure-cycle known as the Most Profound (yang zab).



Drigung Kagyu Resource Website
This Drigung Kagyu Resource Website (DKRW) is a private, unofficial website providing information on Buddhism in general and the Drigung Kagyu Lineage in particular. Material offered on this website is strictly non-political and only dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge and the growth of inner and outer peace and harmony.

Materials on this website are either newly published or culled from other published and unpublished sources for the convenience and reference of followers of the Drigung Kagyu and other interested individuals. Whenever possible, the sources of the material gathered at this site will be acknowledged.

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(The first picture - that of Kyobpa Rinpoche and his two chief discples - is taken from http://www.himalayanart.org. The middle picture of Jangchub Ling Monastery at Drigung-thil is from http://www.worldisround.com. The last picture, also of Jangchub Ling, was taken prior to 1949.)