Biography of togden shakya shri

Tokden Shakya Shri (Tib. གས་ལྡན་ཤཱཀྱ་ཤྲཱི་, Wyl. rtogs ldan shAkya shrI) aka Drubwang Shakya Shri (grub dbang shAkya shrI) (1853-1919) — a great Mahamudra and Dzogchen master.

Biography of togden shakya shri

He was brought up in a Drukpa Kagyü monastery, and his main masters from that tradition were Khamtrul Tenpé Nyima and Drubwang Tsoknyi. He later met Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo from whom he received Dzogchen teachings. He established a meditation camp in Khyipuk, Central Tibet, which gathered up to 700 students in simple tents and hillside caves, and was famous for its strict discipline and zealous practice of Mahamudra and Dzogchen meditation.

His students included Lama Sönam Zangpo, the grandfather of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.

Children

Shakya Shri's lineage was consolidated and upheld mainly by his children:

• Pakchok Dorje, aka Sé Pakchok Rinpoche (Wyl.

  sras 'phags mchog rdo rje) (1893-1943), his 5th son who was regarded as an emanation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

• Tsering