China / Tibet: Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo (1110-1170), Lama of the Pagdru Kagyu School, thangka, 15th century

Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo (Tibetan: ཕག་མོ་གྲུ་པ་རྡོ་རྗེ་རྒྱལ་པོ; Wylie: phag mo gru pa rdo rje rgyal po), was one the three main disciples of Gampopa Sonam Rinchen who established the Dagpo Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism; and a disciple of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092-1158) one of the founders of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.

He was the elder brother of Kathog Dampa Deshek (1122-1192), who founded Kathog monastery and the Kathog branch of the Nyingma school.

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