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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…

Associated Person/Place: Jonang Lotsawa Lodro Pal Lodrö Pal was one of Dölpopa's fourteen major disciples. He was a great Sanskrit scholar who completed a new translation of the Kalacakra Tantra and the Vimalaprabha. Dölpopa personally selected Lodrö Pal as his successor and the fifth holder of the monastic seat of Jonang monastery. Lodrö Pal also made important new additions…

Associated Person/Place: Drigung Lotsawa Manikashri Jnana Drigung Lotsawa, who was one of Dölpopa's fourteen major disciples, was a master of Sanskrit studies. He also held the monastic seat of the great Kagyu monastery of Drigung as a young man. After studying with Dölpopa, Drigung Lotsawa became an ardent defender of the shentong view and spead…

Associated Person/Place: Chogle Namgyal Chogle Namgyal (1306-1386), who was one of Dolpopa's fourteen major disciples, was the only master to hold the monastic seat of Jonang Monastery twice, for a total of about twenty years. He wrote many important works, especially a series of treatises on the sixfold vajrayoga of Kalachakra based on the teachings…

Associated Person/Place: Gharungwa Lhai Gyaltsen Gharungwa, who was one of Dölpopa's fourteen major disciples, studied at many Sakya and Kagyu monasteries before first meeting Dölpopa. After receiving the six-branch yoga and other instructions from Dölpopa, Gharungwa gained exceptional experience in meditation. He also received many profound transmissions from other major disciples of Dölpopa. Gharungwa became…