Dromtön

Dromtönpa
འབྲོམ་སྟོན་པ་རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་
Personal life
Born
Chos 'phel

1004 or 1005
Died1064
Other namesDromtön Gyelwé Jungné
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolInitiator of the Kadam school
Dharma namesGyélwé Jungne
OrdinationLay vows with Snanam Rdorje Bbangphyug (976-1060); never ordained.
Senior posting
TeacherChief disciple of Atiśa; Grum gyi Mkhanbu Chenpo Sebtsun; studied reading and writing with Paṇḍita Smṛti
PostFounded Reting Monastery, 1056
Reincarnation45th incarnation of Avalokiteśvara
Students
  • Chekawa Yeshe Dorje, g.Yungchosmgon, Potoba Rinchen Gsalphyogslas Rnamrgyal *1027-1105), Phuchungba Gzhonnu Rgyalmtshan (1031-1106) and Spyansnga Tshulkhrims ’bar (1038-1103)

Dromtön, Drom Tonpa or Dromtönpa Gyelwé Jungné (Tibetan: འབྲོམ་སྟོན་པ་རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་, 1004 or 1005–1064) was the chief disciple of the Buddhist master Atiśa, the initiator of the Kadam school of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of Reting Monastery.