Drikung Kagyu
A living tradition within Kagyu.
Drikung Kagyu is a living tradition within Kagyu. Also written 'Bri gung Bka' brgyud.
Origin
Founder named in the sources: Jigten Sumgön (12th century). No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. Named in the Encyclopedia.com Tibetan Buddhism entry as founded by Jigten Sumgon in the 12th century. No founding year.
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Citation
English
The language and the date you read it belong in the citation: this corpus is multilingual and articles are revised after publication.
John Shaqi. “Drikung Kagyu.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-drikung-kagyu.
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title = {Drikung Kagyu},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {English version},
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note = {Accessed n.d.}
}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.