Gyalwang Pagsam Wangpo
| Gyalwang Pagsam Wangpo | |
|---|---|
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhist |
| School | Drukpa Lineage |
| Lineage | Gyalwang Drukpa |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1593 Chonggye, Tsang, southern Tibet |
| Died | 1653 |
| Senior posting | |
| Title | 5th Gyalwang Drukpa |
| Period in office | 1597-1653 |
| Religious career | |
| Teacher | Lhatsewa Ngawang Zangpo (lha rtse ba ngag dbang bzang po) (1546-1615) |
| Reincarnation | Kunkhyen Pema Karpo (1527-1592 CE) |
| Students | Taktsang Repa, Dungkar Mipam Lodrö (1577-1636), Künga Lhündrup (1616-1675) Mipam Püntsok Shérap |
Pagsam Wangpo (dpag bsam dbang po) (1593-1653 CE), a key figure in the history of the Drukpa Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, was born at Chonggye ('phyong rgyas), in the Tsang province of Tibet a natural son of the prince of Chonggye, Ngawang Sonam Dragpa. He was an elder cousin of the 5th Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617-1682).
Pagsam Wangpo was considered to be an immediate re-incarnation of Kunkhyen Pema Karpo (1527-1592 CE). In 1597 he was enthroned as the 5th Gyalwang Drukpa hierarch of the Northern branch of the Drukpa Lineage at Tashi Thongmon monastery, resulting in a lengthy dispute with a rival candidate enthroned at Ralung Monastery.
Following a traditional paternal-uncle to nephew model of spiritual and temporal succession common in Tibet during that period known as khuwon (khu dbon), the Gya (rgya), also known as the Druk, family descended from Tsangpa Gyare (1161–1211) and his nephew Darma Senge (Wylie: dar ma seng+ge, 1177-1237) held both the main spiritual succession of the Central Drukpa (bar 'bruk) tradition as well as the temporal control of Ralung Monastery and its extensive estates for over 400 years. In English sources, this particular line of spiritual and temporal succession is often referred to as the hereditary lineage of the "prince-abbots" of Ralung.
The 13th hierarch of this Ralung succession, Kunga Penjor (Wylie: kun dga' dpal 'byor, 1428-1476) declared himself to be the reincarnation of the founder Tsangpa Gyare, thus becoming the 2nd Gyalwang Drukpa as well as the hereditary hierarch of Ralung. However, following his death, the Gya family had no male heir to assume the position of his reincarnation. Some of his students therefore looked outside of Gya clan in order to continue this incarnation line. Chödrak Gyatso, 7th Karmapa Lama (1454-1506) recognized Jamyang Chökyi Drakpa, a son of his patrons, the powerful Ja (Wylie: bya) clan, as the Third Gyalwang Drukpa.; Then following his death in 1523, a boy from the Kongpo region was recognized as his reincarnation and became the fourth Gyalwang Drukpa, Kunkhyen ("the omniscient") Padma Karpo, the greatest scholar in the history of the Drukpa school.
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