Kadam lineages Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism)

1 kadam lineages

1.1 scriptural traditions lineage
1.2 oral transmissions lineage
1.3 pith instructions lineage
1.4 lojong lineage

kadam lineages

after death of atiś, main disciple dromtön organized transmissions legacy known 4 divinities , 3 dharmas - tradition whereby individual practitioner perceive doctrines of sutras , tantras non-contradictory , apply them complementary methods accomplishment of enlightenment.

dromtön founded reting monastery (wylie: rwa sgreng) in 1056 in reting tsangpo valley north of lhasa, thereafter seat of lineage. nearby phenpo chu , gyama valleys home many large kadampa monasteries.

scriptural traditions lineage

the scriptural tradition established putowa rinchensél (1031–1106), emphasized study of 6 works:

oral transmissions lineage

chengawa tsultrim bar established oral lineage, noted strict monastic discipline , focusing on teachings in book of kadampas, dharma father , sons (tibetan: བཀའ་གདམས་གླེགས་བམ་ཕ་ཆོས་བུ་ཆོས). had influential monastery @ sangpu neutok (tibetan: གསང་ཕུ་ནེའུ་ཐོག་), founded in 1072 lekpé shérap (tibetan: ལེགས་པའི་ཤེས་རབ).

pith instructions lineage

phuchungwa received transmission , responsibility hold teachings of pith instructions of sixteen circles of kadampa. support received empowerments, instructions, , secret teachings of lamp path enlightenment (skt: bodhi pradipa, tib: byang chhub lam gi rdon mey). pith instructions lineage has root in secret oral teachings of atisha , embodied in precious book of kadampa masters: jewel rosary of profound instructions on bodhisattva way. text seen main text of kadampas. these instructions passed down 1 student in each generation in single transmission until secrecy lifted @ time of narthang shönu lodrö. later these teachings incorporated karma kamtsang kagyu lineage pal tsuglak trengwa , gelug lineage 1st dalai lama.

lojong lineage

these oral tradition teachings known instructions training mind in mahayana tradition (wylie: theg chen blo sbyong). according gendun druppa, atiśa had received 3 lines of lojong transmission, there conflicting accounts of whom. agreed received teachings in sumatra dharmakīrtiśrī (wylie: gser gling pa), , dharmarakshita. in former case, dharmarakṣita identified scholar @ monastic university of odantapuri. final main lojong teacher indian master maitriyogi. atiśa secretly transmitted them main disciple, dromtön.

during time of 3 noble kadampa brothers, many of these oral teachings collected , compiled lamrim. yet @ time lineages suvarṇadvipi dharmakīrti still kept secret.

when time sufficiently mature, lojong teachings publicly revealed. first, kham lungpa published 8 sessions training mind (wylie: blo sbyong thun brgyad ma), langri tangpa (1054–1123) wrote 8 verses training mind (wylie: blo sbyong tshig brgyad ma). after this, sangye gompa composed public explanation (wylie: tshogs bshad ma) , chekawa yeshe dorje (1102–1176) wrote 7 points training mind (wylie: blo sbyong don bdun ma).

in manner, lojong oral transmission teachings gradually emerged , became known public. before being revealed, secret lineage follows: dharmakīrti-> atiśa-> dromtön -> potowa -> sharawa (1070–1141) -> chekhawa. khamlungpa, langri tangpa , chekawa yeshe dorje onwards became public , later integrated 4 tibetan buddhist schools. (these kadampa-lojong texts brought anthology hundred texts on training mind (wylie: blo byong brgya rtsa).