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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.
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In this way, Tsangpa Gyare became the founder of the lineage and was known as the First Gyalwang Drukpa. Tsangpa Gyare was prophesized in many Sutras and Tantras and was recognized as the indisputable emanation of Naropa
His teachings and biography are regarded to this very day as one of the most practical teachings. With the guidance and prophecy of Mahakali Dusol Lhamo and the 2nd Gyalwang Drukpa, Drukpa Kunley set off for Bhutan.
The Gyalwang Drukpa is an active environmentalist, educator and the spiritual head of the Drukpa Lineage, one of the main Buddhist schools of the Himalayas founded by the great Indian saint Naropa (1016–1100CE) with a thousand-year legacy in India.
For more than 27 million followers of His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa, who is one of the most famous faces of Buddhism defines faith, love, togetherness and pious belief in god.
The present Gyalwang Drukpa is the twelfth incarnation of the founder of the Drukpa Lineage, Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje (1161-1211). The successive reincarnation of the Drogon Tsangpa Gyare are recognized as the Spiritual head of the Drukpa Lineage and responsible for the spiritual guidance of over 800 Drukpa Monasteries, in Tibet, Nepal, Ladakh
