Item: Teacher (Lama) - Pagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo

Tibetan: བླ་མ། Chinese: 喇嘛

(item no. 79971)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1900 - 1959
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Paper
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P127

Interpretation / Description

Pagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo (1110-1170): 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 schools; Drigung, Taglung, Drugpa, Yamzang, Tropu, Martsang, Yelpa and the Shugseb. These became known as the Eight Smaller Schools of the Kagyu Tradition.

Jeff Watt, 8-2005