Person:Shamarpa, 8th

Names

Tibetan: དཔལ་ཆེན་ཆོས་ཀྱི་དོན་གྲུབ་

Wylie:

• dpal chen chos kyi don grub
• zhwa dmar 08 dpal chen chos kyi don grub
• chos kyi don grub

Other Transliterations in use:

• Palchen Chökyi Döndrup
• Palchen Chökyi Dhöndrup
• Palchen Chokyi Dondrup
• Palchen Chokyi Dhondrup
• Chökyi Döndrup
• Chökyi Dhöndrup
• Chokyi Dondrup
• Chokyi Dhondrup
• 8th Shamarpa
• Eighth Shamarpa

Dates

Born: 1695 yol mo gangs kyi ra ba
Died: 1732

Affiliation

• Karma Kagyu
• Shamarpa

Other Biographical Information

TBRC RID: P955

Biography from kagyuoffice.org

Biography from shamarpa.org

Major master in the karma kaM tshang tradition.
Teacher in a prajaparamita transmission lineage.

Main Students

• Pawo Rinpoche, 6th (gtsug lag don grub)
• Karmapa, 12th (byang chub rdo rje)
• Tai Situpa, 8th (chos kyi 'byung gnas)
• 'gyur med theg mchog bstan 'dzin

Main Teachers

• Karmapa, 11th (ye shes rdo rje)
• karma smon lam

Writings

• Works associated with Shamarpa, 8th in the gdams ngag mdzod catalog