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    Dromtön, Drom Tonpa or Dromtönpa Gyelwé Jungné (Tibetan: འབྲོམ་སྟོན་པ་རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་, 1004 or 1005–1064) was the chief disciple of the Buddhist master...
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    of the greatest figures of medieval Buddhism. Atiśa's chief disciple, Dromtön, was the founder of the Kadam school, one of the New Translation schools...
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    commentaries and suppplementary tantric material. Atiśa's chief disciple, Dromtön founded the Kadampa school of Tibetan Buddhism, one of the first Sarma...
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    (130 mi) from Manali by road. Kye Gompa is said to have been founded by Dromtön (Brom-ston, 1008–1064 CE), a pupil of the famous teacher, Atisha, in the...
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    founded by the great Bengali master Atiśa (982–1054) and his students like Dromtön (1005–1064), a Tibetan Buddhist lay master. The Kadampa stressed compassion...
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    translated sutras, tantras and commentaries; Atiśa (982–1054), whose student Dromtön founded the Kadam school of Tibetan Buddhism; and Marpa the Translator...
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    University Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-231-51354-8. In Atiśa's telling, Dromtön was not only Avalokiteśvara but also a reincarnation of former Buddhist...
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    by his pupil Dromtön (1004–64). Another version says that Dromtön raised funds to build the temple to commemorate his old friend. Dromtön built Reting...
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    Pagoda of Lingyan Temple at Shandong under the opposing Song dynasty. Dromtön, an Atiśa chief disciple, founds Reting Monastery in the Reting Tsangpo...
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    situated in Kaza town of Spiti Valley. Key (Ki) Monastery was built by Dromton, a student of the renowned instructor, Atisha, in the eleventh century...
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    as well as the later Kadampa figures of Atisha (982–1054) and his pupil Dromtön (1005–1064) who taught madhyamaka by using the works of Bhāviveka and Candrakīrti...
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    their initiations. The Temple of Dromton or Trom-ton Temple (Brom-ston Lha khang) is thought to have been founded by Dromton (1008-1064 CE), one of the main...
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    nobleman (b. 1005) Akkadevi, princess of the Chalukya dynasty (b. 1010) Dromtön, Tibetan monk and founder of Reting Monastery Dub dá Leithe (or Dubhdalethe)...
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    Scripture which includes teachings from Kadam masters like Atisha and Dromton. As the name indicates, this is a gradual path model in which the practitioner...
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    tradition has produced many prominent householders including Marpa Lotsawa, Dromtön, the heart son of Atiśa, and Padmasambhava. The ngagpa (Wylie: sngags pa...
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    next decades from Western to Eastern Tibet, Atisha and successors such as Dromtön and Marpa Lotsawa established many monasteries, and new orders of monks...
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  • nobleman (b. 1005) Akkadevi, princess of the Chalukya dynasty (b. 1010) Dromtön, Tibetan monk and founder of Reting Monastery Dub dá Leithe (or Dubhdalethe)...
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  • by his pupil Dromtön. Another version says that Dromtön raised funds to build the temple to commemorate his old friend. In 1057 Dromtön brought Atisha's...
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  • Pagoda of Lingyan Temple at Shandong under the opposing Song dynasty. Dromtön, an Atiśa chief disciple, founds Reting Monastery in the Reting Tsangpo...
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    flows past the Reting Monastery. The monastery was founded in 1056 by Dromtön Gyelwai Jungne, a pupil of the Indian master Atiśa. The monastery is 21...
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    spelled "Radreng." Reting Monastery was founded by Atiśa's chief disciple Dromtön in 1057 in the Reting Tsangpo Valley north of Lhasa as the seat of the...
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    Gepel Ling at Reting Monastery, the birthplace of the Kadam teachings of Dromtön in the 10th century. There he took the five upāsaka and the ten śrāmaṇera...
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    organize its conservation. The earliest history of Key Monastery is traced to Dromtön (Brom-ston, 1008–1064 CE), a pupil of the famous teacher, Atisha, in the...
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    located in Qüxü County. The temple is said to have been founded in 1055 by Dromtön, a pupil of Atiśa. It is small, but has a unique architecture and many...
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    Reting Monastery is located in Lhünzhub County and was built in 1056 by Dromtön (1005–1064), a student of Atiśa. It was the earliest monastery of the Gedain...
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    inhabited by a famous Kadampa lama, Potowa Rinchen Sel, who was a disciple of Dromton (1005–1064), Atisha's chief disciple. It is the main seat of the Taklung...
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