Lineage notes Drikung Kagyu

1 lineage notes

1.1 phowa
1.2 female protector
1.3 first buddhist nun

lineage notes
phowa

the drikung lineage popularly known development of practice of phowa, in practitioner learns how expel his/her consciousness or mindstream through posterior fontanelle @ top of skull @ moment of death. 1 of 6 yogas of naropa, practice said aid practitioner in remaining aware through death experience, aiding 1 in attaining enlightenment in bardo (the state in between death , next rebirth) or in achieving birth conducive practice of dharma.

female protector

another unique feature of drikung lineage female dharmapāla, achi chokyi drolma. great-grandmother of jigten sumgön, prophesied birth , vowed protect in lineage. unusual in both female protector , enlightened bodhisattva can taken iṣṭadevatā in meditation practice. depicted either sitting on horse or standing kapala in left hand , mirror in right hand. achi s practice became popular has been included in other lineages, such karma kagyu.

first buddhist nun

in 2002 khenmo drolma, american woman, became first bhikkhuni (a ordained buddhist nun) in drikung kagyu lineage. first westerner, male or female, installed abbot in drikung kagyu lineage, having been installed abbot of vajra dakini nunnery (america s first tibetan buddhist nunnery, located in vermont) in 2004.