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TheTrungpa tülkus are a line of incarnateTibetanlamas who traditionally head Surmang monastery complex inKham, nowSurmang. There have been twelve such Trungpatulkus. They are members of theKarma Kagyu tradition as well as theNyingma tradition.

1. Künga Gyaltsen (15th century), student of Trungmase
2. Künga Sangpo (born 1464)
3. Künga Öser (15th and 16th centuries)
4. Künga Namgyal (1567–1629)
5. Tenpa Namgyal (1633–1712)
6. Tendzin Chökyi Gyatso (1715–1761)
7. Jampal Chökyi Gyatso (1763–1768)
8. Gyurme Thenphel (born 1771)
9. Tenpa Rabgye (19th century)
10. Chökyi Nyinche (1879–1939)
11. Chögyam Trungpa (Chökyi Gyamtso, 1940–1987) was one of the most influential teachers ofBuddhism in the West. He foundedShambhala Buddhism.
12. Choseng Trungpa (Chökyi Sengye, born February 6, 1989) is the present Trungpa tülku.

According to Fabrice Midal, the tenth Trungpa tulku rejected his role as fundraiser for the Surmang monasteries and preferred to live as a disciplined meditation practitioner. At one point, to escape his duties as the figurehead of the monastery complex, he ran away on foot to study withJamgon Kongtrul. He studied with Kongtrul Rinpoche for many years before returning to Surmang, and at that point had the reputation of a realized teacher.Dilgo Khyentse and the second Jamgon Kongtrul of Sechen studied with him. They later became the direct teachers of the eleventh Trungpa tulku.^[1]

• Midal, Fabrice (2004).Chögyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision.ISBN 1-59030-098-X.

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• Tulkus
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