Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen [SEP] date of birth
Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen
Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen () (1147–1216) was a Tibetan spiritual leader and the third of the Five Sakya Parriarchs ("sa skya gong ma rnam lnga") of Tibet. He was also the guru of the famous Sakya Pandita.
External links.
- grags pa rgyal mtshan (P1614) — TBRC
- himalayanart.org: Teacher: Dragpa Gyaltsen (Lama)
- hhthesakyatrizin.org: Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen
-tradition. At age 17, he went to Sangphu Neuthok and deepened his studies under the famous scholar Chapa Chokyi Senge. His studies included Paramita, Madhyamaka, Pramana, Vinaya and Abhidharma. By the time he was eighteen he had mastered the triple discipline of teaching, debate and composition. After his return to Sakya, he held the throne of the monastery for three years and then passed the authority to his younger brother, Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen, the third of the five founding fathers. He dedicated the rest of his