Gyalwang Drukpa

Gyalwang Drukpa of Drukpa Lineage
Gyalwang Drukpa of Drukpa Lineage
རྒྱལ་དབང་འབྲུག་པ་
	Incumbent; Jigme Pema Wangchen; since 1963
First holder	Drogon Tsangpa Gyare

The Gyalwang Drukpa (Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་དབང་འབྲུག་པ་) is the honorific title of the head of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage, one of the independent Sarma (new) schools of Vajrayana Buddhism. This lineage of reincarnated masters started from Tsangpa Gyare, the first Gyalwang Drukpa and founder of the school. The 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, Jigme Pema Wangchen, is the current lineage holder. He was born at Lake Rewalsar, India in 1963.

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