Four major Kagyu traditions

The four traditions of Dagpo Kagyu that derived from direct disciples of Gampopa (sGam-po-pa, Dvags-po Lha-rje bSod-nams rin-chen) (1079–1153): (1) Karma Kagyu (kar-ma bka'-brgyud), (2) Tsal-pa Kagyu (tshal-pa bka'-brgyud), (3) Barom Kagyu ('ba'-rom bka'-brgyud) and (4) Pagdru Kagyu (phag-gru bka'-brgyud).

Tibetan: བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་ཆེན་བཞི། དྭགས་པོ་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་བརྒྱུད་ཆེན་བཞི། bka-brgyud chen bzhi; dvags-po bka'-brgyud brgyud-chen bzhi

Synonyms: Four major Dagpo Kagyu lineages


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Deutsch: Vier große Kagyü-Traditionen
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