Kagyupa or Kagyü-pa. Oral Transmission Lineage. One of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, headed by His Holiness Karmapa. One of the three Sarma, or New Translation Schools, that is closest in practice to the Nyingma School The pinnacle teachings of this order is the Mahamudra (S. 'great seal' T. Chagya Chenpo) transmission in the same way that the Dzogchen teachings are at the peak of the Nyingmapa transmissions. The teachings came to Tibet around 1050 and were in the following century organized into the Kagyu Sect. It descended from Vajradhara Buddha through the Indian Masters Tilopa and Naropa, who passed it on to Marpa, Milarepa, and Gampopa. After Gampopa, the Kagyuü lineage was also called Takpo Kagyu and divided into the so-called four great and eight lesser lineages. The four great lineages date back to Gampopa's main students :
Kalu Rinpoche was an eminent spiritual leader of the Kagyu sect in the late 20th Century. He was an incarnation of the famous Tibetan scholar, Jamgon Kongtrul. The Kagyu lineages: A. Shangpa - c. 1050 B. Dagpo (the "Four Golden Lineages") - 1125 1. Barom; or Baram 2. Karma Kamtsang, or Karmapa - 1147 - founded by the first Karmapa Surmang 3. Pagtru, founded by Phagmo Drupa, c. 1158 Drikung; Drugpa; Martsang; Shungseb; Taglung; Tropu; Yamsang; Yelpa 4. Tsalpa - 1175 founded by Ongom Tsultrim Nyingpo and his student Zhang Darma Drak Orgyanpa, or Ugyen Nyendrup - 14th/15th century Rimay, i.e. non-sectarian - 19th century
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