Lama Ngawang Drakpa

Lama Ngawang Drakpa (bla ma ngag dbang grags pa) was a thirteenth century Sakya lama. The Gyude Kuntu (rgyud sde kun btus) lists him in a lineage of the Dakarnava tantra, which is depicted in the painting from which the image here is drawn. He received the Dakarnava tantra transmission from Nartangpa Tsultrim Gyeltsen (snar thang pa tshul khrims rgyal mtshan, d.u.), and passed it on to Lama Jangchub Sengge (bla ma byang chub seng ge, d.u.). Otherwise nothing is currently known about his life.

Source

'Jam dbyangs blo gter dbang po. 1971. Rgyud sde kun btus. Delhi: N. Lungtok & N. Gyaltsan, vol. 30, pp. 166-168.

Alexander Gardner
May 2010