The Jonang (Dro) Kālacakra lineage



The Jonang Order was founded by Kunpang Tukje Tsondru (1243-1313) who built a monastery in an area called "Jonang". Kunpang Tukje Tsondru is notable in that he consolidated 17 tibetan Kālacakra traditions into one tradition which he passed on to subsequent Jonang lineage holders, thus the history of the Jonang Order is intimately connected with the Kālacakra Tantra.

A few generations later the Shentong/Zhentong Mahāmudra lineage was also transmitted to members of the Jonang Order which also became a core transmission of the Jonangpas. In the 17th century as the political infleunce of the Jonangpas grew, they were subjected to extreme persecution from the ruling Gelugpas ostensibly on the grounds that the Shentong philosophy was heretical. All but eradicated it was recently was it discovered that a few Jonang monasteries on the eastern fringe of Tibet had in fact survived into the present century.

Below you find a chart showing the various Dro lineage holders as reported by the Jonang Order with external links to biographical information.




Rigden Kings of Shambhala
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|_ Kālacakrapāda the Elder ext.bio. 2
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|_ Kālacakrapāda the Younger (Shirbatra)
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|_ Nalendraps, Bodhibhadra
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|_ Somanatha
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|_ Dro Lotsawa Sherab Dakpa
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|_ Lhagay Gompa Konchosung (Lhaja Gompa)
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|_ Lama Droton Namtseng
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|_ Yumo Mikyo Dorje ext.bio. 3
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|_ Choske Wangchuk (Dharmeshvara)
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|_ Namkha Odzer
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|_ Machig Tulku Jobum
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|_ Sechen Namkha Gyaltsen
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|_ Sherab Odzer (Jamsarwa/Jamyang Sarma)
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|_ Chokyu Odzer
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|_ Kunpang Tukje Tsondru (1243-1313) ext.bio. 2 ext.bio. 3 consolidated 17 Kālacakra lineages
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|_ Changsem Gyalwa Yeshe (1247-1320) ext.bio. 3
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|_ Khentsum Yontan Gyatso (1260-1327) ext.bio. 1



Khentsum Yontan Gyatso (1260-1327) ext.bio. 1 ext.bio. 3
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|_ Kunkhyen Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen (1292-1361) ext.bio. 1 ext.bio. 3 integrated the Zhentong Great Madhyamaka with the Kālacakra Tantra
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|_ Chokley Namgyal (1306-1386) ext.bio. 1 ext.bio. 2
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|_ Nyawon Kunga Pal (1285-1379) ext.bio. 1 ext.bio. 2
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|_ Drupchen Kunlo (? Kunga Lodrö) ext.bio. 1
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|_ Jamyang Konchok Sangpo ext.bio. 1
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|_ Namkha Choskong (Namkai Tsenchan) ext.bio. 1
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|_ Namkha Palsang ext.bio. 1
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|_ Lochen Ratnabada (1489 - 1563) ext.bio. 1 ext.bio. 2
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|_ Lamgon Drupay Pawo
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|_ Jetsun Kunga Drolchok (1507-1566) ext.bio. 1
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|_ Khenpo Lundrig Gyatso (Deje) ext.bio. 1
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|_ Khadrup Namtsol
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|_ Jetsun Taranatha (1575-1635) ext.bio. 1 ext.bio. 2
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|_ Gyaltsen Palzang
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|_ Drolway Gonpo
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|_ Kunga (Ngonjang) Rinchen Gyatso ext.bio. 1
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|_ Lodrö Namgyal (1618-1683)
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|_ Chalungwa Ngawang Thinley (1654-1713)



Chalungwa Ngawang Thinley (1654-1713)
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|_ Tsangpa Ngawang Tenzin (Namgyal) Gyaltsen (1691-1738)
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|_ Ngawang Khatsun Dargyay
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|_ Kunzang Thinley Namgyal
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|_ Nudan Lhundrup Gyatso
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|_ Konchong Jigme Namgyal
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|_ Ngawang Chopel Gyatso
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|_ Ngawang Chokyi Phakba
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|_ Ngawang Chozin Gyatso
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|_ Ngawang Chokyi Naljor
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|_ Ngawang Kunga Palden
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|_ Kunga Khadrup Wangchuk
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|_ Kunga Tenpa Salje
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|_ Ngawang Dorje Zangpo
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|_ Ngawang Konchok Dargyay
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|_ Khenpo Ngawang Lodrak Drakpa 1920-1975) ext.bio. 1 ext.bio. 2 -considered to be an incarnation of Dolpopa
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|_ Ngawang Yontan Zangpo (Dzamthang Khenpo Ngawang Yontan Zangpo 1928-2002)ext.bio. 2
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|_ Khenpo Kunga Sherab (1936- )




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