Rechungpa biography definition
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Rechungpa
Rechungpa (ras chung pa, ras chung rdo rje grags pa, Vajrakirti), (1083/4-1161)
Patriarch of the Kagyu lineage.
The so-called "moon-like“ disciple and foremost heart son of Milarepa. He met Milarepa at the age of eleven and spent many years studying and practising under the guidance of his master. He was a Repa (ras pa) like Milarepa, unlike Gampopa, who was a fully ordained monk.
At one time he even was married to a local princess for a while, before taking to the homeless life of a wandering yogin again.
Rechungpa biography definition
Rechungpa travelled to India three times and obtained teachings and transmissions which Marpa had not managed to receive in his time. In fact he was prophecied by Naropa, who said to Marpa that a descendant of his lineage would eventually come to receive more instructions on certain teachings.
In particular he received the entire “nine-fold cycle of the formless Dakinis”, the lus med m