Notes to The Life of Lord Jigten Sumgon
1. Jigten Sumgon (1143-217) was the founder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage. This abridged account of this life is taken from the Golden Rosary of the Drikung Kagyu, by the Fourth Drikung Kyabgon, Chetsang Rinpoche, Tenzin Pemai Gyaltsen. The Drikung Kyabgon is the official head of the Drikung Kagyu lineage.
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2. The five sights seen by Buddha Shakyamuni before his descent from the Tushita Heaven: his clan, his country, the time, his family line, and the woman who would be his mother.
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3. Phagmo Drupa was the teacher of Jigten Sumgon and a principal disciple of Gampopa, the lineage-successor of Milarepa and founder of the monastic tradition of the Kagyu lineage.
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4. A symbol of great accomplishment.
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5. The great Indian Mahayana teacher who lived approximately a thousand years before the time of Jigten Sumgon.
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6. One of the first Buddhist monasteries in Tibet.
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7. The easternmost province of Tibet.
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8. The school following the teachings of the great Indian teacher Atisha and his Tibetan disciple Dromtonpa.
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9. The mantra of Avalokiteshvara: OM MANI PADME HUM.
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10. A person from Kham, a province in Tibet.
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11. Later, Phagmo Drupa also called him Je Jigten Sumgon, meaning "Protector of the Three Worlds," and Kyobpa Rinpoche, "Precious Protector."
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12. Taklung Thangpa (1142-1209) was a principal disciple of Phagmo Drupa and founder of the Taklung Kagyu lineage, one of the "Eight Younger" schools of the Kagyu tradition.
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13. Linje Repa (1128-1188) was a principal disciple of Phagmo Drupa. His student, Tsangpa Gyare, founded the Drukpa Kagyu lineage, another of the "Eight Younger" schools.
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14. Because Jigten Sumgon was familiar with the workings of interdependent origination, he knew how to create auspicious situations by an appropriate statement or action.
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15. A meditation posture in which one sits with one's legs crossed with the feet resting on opposite thighs, back straight, eyes gazing downward at a slant, chin drawn in, shoulders raised, tongue raised to palate, and hands resting in the samadhi-gesture in the lap.
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16. Dakpo Gomtsul was the nephew of Gampopa and his successor as Abbot of Daklha Gampo Monastery.
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17. The six realms of samsara; those of gods, jealous gods, human beings, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell-beings.
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18. The site of the Buddha's enlightenment in India.
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19. Buddha Shakyamuni's cousin, disciple, and personal attendant.
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20. Lama Shang (1123-1193) was a disciple of Dakpo Gomtsul and founder of the Tsalpa Kagyu lineage, one of the "Four Elder" schools.
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21. Chen-nga Sherab Jungne and Chen-pa Dragpa Jungne
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22. A previous incarnation of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great.
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23. A standard Mahayana liturgy, consisting of verses of praise, offering, confession, rejoicing, requesting teaching, requesting teachers to remain, and dedication of merit.
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24. In other words, the Kagyudpas.
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25. The two chief disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni.
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26. Karmapa Dusun Khyenpa (1110-1193) was a principal disciple of Gampopa and founder of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one of the " four greater" schools.
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27. The school following the teachings of Padmasambhava, Shantirakshita, and Vimalamitra. The oldest lineage of Buddhism in Tibet.
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