Shangpa Kagyu

The Shangpa Kagyu (Tib.: Shang pa bka ' brgyud ) is one of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism ( Vajrayana ) related independent school. It is often mistakenly addition to the so-called eight smaller schools as one of the schools that emerged from the lineage of the Kagyu school of Marpa the Translator ( 1012-1097 ), known, but is not strictly emerged from this transfer, but must be as independent line, in addition to those considered by Marpa. Tibetan Buddhism is divided into four main schools, these are: Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, Gelug.

Niguma, Sukhasiddhi and the yogi Kadrup Kyongpo Naljor

From the Yogi Khyungpo Naljor ( Tib: khyung po rnal 'byor; 978/990-1127 ) is the so-called Shangpa Kagyu tradition. He learned in India at the Dakinis Niguma, the tantric consort of Naropa and Sukhasiddi, student of the Master Virupa, as well as Maitripa and other masters. It is said that he had learned at not less than 150 teachers. Due to the connection to Naropa, one of the forefathers of all Kagyu schools and because of their practices, the Shangpa be counted among the Kagyu schools. The Shangpa line but nowadays only preserved in part as an independent school. They went up in the Sakya and Kagyu other schools. Also Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa school received transmits the teachings of the Kagyu school Shangpa. Shangpa Rinpoche and the known towards the end of the 20th century in the West, late master Kalu Rinpoche were ( among other things ) lineage holder of the Shangpa Kagyu teachings. The special theory of Shangpa Kagyu tradition are the so-called "Six Yogas of Niguma " ( Tib: ni gu'i chos drug).