Associated Person/Place: Early Jonangpa in Tibet Primary Date: 1021

Associated Person/Place: Kunpang Thukje Tsondru The founding father of the Jonangpa. Kunpang Thukje Tsondru received the Rwa transmissions for the Kalachakra at an early age and the Dro transmissions from his primary teacher, Choku Odzer. He trained as a ritual master at Jamyang Sarma's Kyang Dur Monastery and studied at Sakya and Ngar monasteries. Primary…

Associated Person/Place: Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen Dolpopa was one of the most influential Buddhist masters in Tibetan history. He first became an important scholar of the Sakya tradition, but then moved to Jonang monastery. There he became the fourth holder of the monastic seat and constructed a monumental stupa. Dolpopa's ideas, specifically his famous formulation of…

Associated Person/Place: Sazang Mati Panchen Sazang Mati Panchen Lodro Gyaltsen was born in the Ngari (mnga' ris) region of western Tibet. He was recognized very early as an emanation of the buddha Maitreya and could recite the Five Treatises of Maitreya from memory when he was four years old. Read more about Sazang Mati Panchen…