The Yangtong Lineage

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The Yangtong Lineage

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Tashi delek,

Yangtong Lineage is in Bön a very important Lineage.

H.E. The Menri Ponlop Rinpoche belongs to this precious Bön Lineage. :namaste:

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YANGTON LAMA LINEAGE

ཡང་སྟོན་བླ་མའི་གདུང་རབས།

The Yangton lineage is believed to go back to the time of Buddha Tönpa Shenrap more than 18,000 years ago, and is thought to be traceable to Yangton Sherap Gyaltsen, who was born in 1077.

Today, Yangton Lamas both care for the Yaggon Monastery and students who reside there, as well as help share the precious teachings of Bön Buddhism worldwide.

The Yangton Lineage is very important in Bön History. During the time of Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche (ca. 16016 B.C.E.), Sinbon Yangngal and Yangngal Gyimgongwa were his students. During the time of the first Tibetan king Nyatri Tsenpo (1136 B.C.E.), Yangngal Sidpai Shen was the first priest of the kingdom. In the year 1077 Yangton Sherab Gyaltsen was born. During his lifetime he received Dzogchen teachings from Ronggom Togmed Zhigpo. Subsequently Dzogchen has become the main practice of the Yangton Lineage.

The Yangton Lineage appeared in Dolop through Yangngel Lama Ngagpa in the 12th century. While Yangngel Lama Ngagpa was traveling in Tibet he found Yangton Gyaltsen Rinchen, then just an 8 year old child. Yangngel took Yangton under his wing and took him to Dolpo. Yangton Gyaltsen Rinchen was the teacher of the 10th Yeru Tonpa Druchen Gyalwa Yungdrung, teaching him the secret Dzogchen teachings of the Zhang Zhung Nyan Gyud. From there, these teachings spread throughout Tibet.

In modern times, the Yangton Lineage is represented in the current Menri Monastery in Dolanji, India by H.E. Yangton Ponlob Trinley Nyima Rinpoche. Several Yangton Lamas (see below) travel extensively in the western world to help bring these ancient teachings to practitioners in the west. The Yangton Lineage is also still present in Dolpo, where Lamas of this lineage still reside and practice diligently, realizing and propagating the Dzogchen teachings of ancient times.

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By Choekortsang Rinpoche.


This stone-seat is built by Yangton Tashi Gyaltsen to practice Thödgal (thod-rgal) meditation of Dzogchen teaching.

In the morning he practiced here facing towards west and there is another seat where he practiced in the evening, facing to the east, to avoid facing into the sun. He is a son of Sherab Gyaltsen, the 'Great Teacher of Ya-ngal' family (yang ston chen po).

Both father and son were very important lineage masters of Dzogchen teaching known as ‘Aural transmission of Zhangzhung’ (zhang zhung snyan rgyud). Since he practiced and resided in Lubrak Village around 12th century he was known as the ‘Savior of beings from Lubrak’ (‘gro mgon klu brag pa).

It was my great fortune to have opportunity to connect my practice with such a holy place. — at Lubra, Nepal.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lubra-Ne ... 7865710315

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