Biography of phajo drugom zhigpo

Phajo Drukgom Zhigpo (pha jo 'brug sgom zhig po), ()

Phajo Drukgom Zhigpo was one the foremost disciples of Dharma Senge Sangye On the nephew and successor of the Drukpa founder Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje. He came from eastern Tibet and, following the advice of his master to go to a place 'south of Tibet', spread the Drukpa Kagyu lineage to Bhutan.

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Main Students

• dam pa
• nyi ma
• gar ston
• dbang phyug

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Alternate Names

• pha 'brug sgom zhig po
  
• rtogs ldan pha jo
  
• pha 'gro mgon
  
• 'gro sgom zhig po
  

Other Reference Sources

• Dargye, Yonten and Sørensen, P.K.; The Biography of Pha 'Brug-sgom Zhig-po called The Current of Compassion; [ISBN ] National Library of Bhutan (NLB), Thimphu,
  

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• Phajo Drugom Shigpo (Tibetan: ཕ་ཇོ་འབྲུག་སྒོམ་ཞིག་པོ, Wylie: pha jo 'brug sgom zhig po) [− / −] was a Tibetan Buddhist particularly important in the early spread of the Drukpa school to Bhutan where he is revered as an emanation of Avalokiteśvara. His descendants played a significant role in the history of Bhutan. The Sacred Sites associated with Phajo Drugom Zhigpo and his descendants is listed as a tentative site in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCO inclusion. (en)
• Phajo Drugom Zhigpo (dzongkha: ཕ་ཇོ་འབྲུག་སྒོམ་ཞིག་པོ; Wylie: pha jo 'brug sgom zhig po), född och död var en tibetansk buddhistiskmunk som spred Drugpa-kagyü-skolan till Bhutan. Han sågs där som bodhisattvan Avalokiteshvara. Hans efterföljare kom att spela en viktig roll i Bhutans historia. De platser som är förknippade med Phajo Drugom Zhigpo och hans efterföljare är föreslagna att tas upp på Unescos världsarvslista. (sv)

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