Person:Shamarpa, 4th

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Names

Tibetan: Person:Shamarpa, 4th
Wylie:

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Dates

Born: 1453
Died: 1524

Affiliation

Other Biographical Information

TBRC RID: http://tbrc.org/link?RID=P317

Biography from shamarpa.org

One of the greatest masters of the karma kaM tshang tradition.
Founds the monastery of yangs pa can in either 1503 (according to the tshig mdzod chen mo) or in 1505 (according to zhwa sgab pa).
He was responsible for conferring bka' brgyud teachings on gong dkar rdo rje gdan pa kun dga' rnam rgyal.
1512 - ordained dpa' bo 02 gtsug lag 'phreng ba.
Took ordination under the 7th Karmapa, chos grags rgya mtsho.
Maintained the gzhan stong tradition of dol po pa.

Main Students

gtsug lag 'phreng ba (dpa' bo, 2nd)
blo gros rgyal po
rdo rje seng+ge
kun dga' rin chen
ngag dbang grags pa
kun dga' rnam rgyal
shes rab dpal
chos kyi blo gros
rin chen phun tshogs chos kyi rgyal po

Main Teachers

bsod nams rgya mtsho
gzhon nu dpal
Person:Karmapa, 7th (chos grags rgya mtsho)
rgyal mtshan
Person:Goshir Gyaltsab, 1st (dpal 'byor don grub)
rab 'byor seng ge

Quotes

Writings About Shamarpa, 4th

Writings

Works associated with Shamarpa, 4th in the gdams ngag mdzod catalog

phag mo rlung sems gnyis med kyi lha khrid zin bris su bkod pa (9, pp 175-184)
rdzogs pa chen po klong sde'i snyan brgyud rin po che rdo rje zam pa'i sgom khrid kyi lag len (1, pp 417-438)
snyan brgyud rdo rje zam pa'i khrid yig skal bzang mig 'byed (1, pp 425-438)