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Gampopa Sonam Rinchen

Gampopa Sonam Rinchen

Painting by Drugu Choegyal Rinpoche

Name variants:
  • Dakpo Lharje
  • Dawö Zhönnu
  • Nyiwa Kunga
  • Sonam Rinchen
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Texts by and about Gampopa Sonam Rinchen (sgam po pa bsod nams rin chen, 1079–1153), the famous master credited with founding the Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism:

Guru Yoga

A simple practice of guru yoga focussing on three central figures of the Kagyü tradition: Marpa Lotsāwa, Milarepa and Gampopa.

This simple guru yoga for Gampopa Sonam Rinchen (1079–1153) is part of a series of three guru yoga practices focussing on foundational figures of the Kagyü school: Marpa, Milarepa and Gampopa.

Additional liturgies to accompany the same author's three guru yoga practices dedicated to Marpa Lotsāwa, Milarepa and Gampopa—A Drop of Sunshine, A Drop of Moonlight, and A Drop of Jewels.

Lamrim

This brief text in twelve stanzas summarizes the paths of the three levels of spiritual capacity—lesser, intermediate and great—from the Lamrim teachings and conveys the so-called Four Dharmas: 1) turning the mind to the Dharma, 2) Dharma progressing along the path, 3) the path clarifying confusion, and 4) confusion dawning as wisdom.

Prayers

Jamyang Khyentse says that he wrote this four-verse prayer to the founders of the practice lineage, i.e., Marpa Lotsāwa, Milarepa and Gampopa, in the first month of the Wood Ox year (1865) following a dream.