Dromtön
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Dromtön, Drom Tonpa or Dromtönpa Gyelwé Jungné (Tibetan: འབྲོམ་སྟོན་པ་རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་, 1004 or 1005–1064) was the chief disciple of the Buddhist master Atiśa, the initiator of the Kadam school of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of Reting Monastery.
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Dromtönpa | |
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འབྲོམ་སྟོན་པ་རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་ | |
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Born | Chos 'phel 1004 or 1005 |
Died | 1064 |
Religion | Buddhism |
School | Initiator of the Kadam school |
Other names | Dromtön Gyelwé Jungné |
Dharma names | Gyélwé Jungne |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Chief disciple of Atiśa; Grum gyi Mkhanbu Chenpo Sebtsun; studied reading and writing with Paṇḍita Smṛti |
Reincarnation | 45th incarnation of Avalokiteśvara |
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Ordination | Lay vows with Snanam Rdorje Bbangphyug (976-1060); never ordained. |
Post | Founded Reting Monastery, 1056 |
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