page_title: Gyalwang Drukpa
hierarchical_section_title: Gyalwang Drukpa
caption_attribution_description: His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa and his Mother, Alice Springs, Australia.
context_page_description: The Gyalwang Drukpa is the honorific title of the head of the Drukpa Lineage, one of the independent Sarma 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.
context_section_description: The Gyalwang Drukpa (Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་དབང་འབྲུག་པ་) is the honorific title of the head of the Drukpa 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.
caption: The Gyalwang Drukpa with his mother in Alice Springs, Australia. 1991
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