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Pagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo - Updated

Pagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo (1110-1170) was one of the three principal students of Gampopa, the founder of the Pagdru Kagyu School. Eight of his students went on to found eight further Kagyu schools; Drigung, Taglung, Drugpa, Yamzang, Tropu, Martsang, Yelpa and the Shugseb. These became known as the Eight Smaller Schools of the Kagyu Tradition.


What is not so commonly known about Pagmodrupa is that prior to meeting Gampopa he studied for 12 years with Sachen Kunga Nyingpo - one of the early founders of the Sakya Tradition. The younger brother of Pagmodrupa, Dampa Desheg, founded the Katog Monastery - counted as one of the six principal monasteries of the Nyingma Tradition.