Sunday, July 19, 2020

The Five capabilities of the Lower Drukpa

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Lower Drukpa[edit]

The Lower Drukpa (Wyliesmad 'brug) was founded by Tsangpa Gyare's disciple Loré Wangchuk Tsöndrü (Wylielo ras dbang phyug brtson 'grus, 1187-1250). Lorepa built the Üri (Wyliedbu ri) and Sengeri (Wylieseng ge ri) monasteries and visited Bhutan, where he founded Tharpaling Monastery (Wyliethar pa gling) in Jakar. A special transmission of the Lower Drukpa Lineage is known as The Five Capabilities (Wyliethub pa lnga), which are:[9]
  1. Being capable of [facing] death: capability of Mahāmudrā (Wyliephyag rgya chen-po 'chi thub)
  2. Being capable of [wearing only] the cotton cloth: capability of tummo (Wyliegtum mo ras thub)
  3. Being capable of the tantric activities done in seclusion (Wyliegsang spyod kyi ri thub)
  4. Being capable of [facing] the disturbances of 'don spirits: sickness (Wylienad 'don gyi 'khrug thub)
  5. Being capable of [facing] circumstances: capability of [applying] antidotes (Wyliegnyen-po rkyen thub-pa)

 

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