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Kalu Rangjung Künchab - Shangpa Foundation Mission

Kalu Rangjung Künchab

Keeping the spirit and purposes of the Kagyü Lama International Association founded by Kalu Rangjung Künchab in 1978, the Shangpa Network was later created in 2008 by some of his disciples, including Tülku Wangchen, Lama Norlha, Lama Lodrö and Lama Denys. Then, with the same intentions at heart, to preserve and develop the purposes of the Kagyü Lama International Association, Lama Denys made a donation in 2016 to initiate the Shangpa Foundation.

Purposes

The Shangpa Foundation‘s motto : “At the service of the lineage, for the good of all” expresses its aims.

The Shangpa Foundation is at the service of the Shangpa Network comprising vajra brothers and sisters of the lignage. The foundation aims at the transmission and diffusion of the lineage, preserving its heritage, translating its corpus, teaching students and praticionners, and training qualified lamas. It also intends to facilitate the collaboration within the Shangpa Network.

The Shangpa Network and Foundation are not a hierarchical institution

The Shangpa Network and Foundation is a non-hierarchical structure at the service of the lineage for the good of all. Relationships between members are purely based on samaya, the master-disciple link of the transmission, and on vajra brothers-sisters heart relationships; they are not based on any institutional or temporal hierarchy. Those relations are practiced according to the instructions of Vajradhara Kalu Rangjung Künchab, who directly refer to Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé’s Encyclopedia of Knowledge (book V, part 4).

Therefore, here below, presenting Kalu Rangjung Künchab’s spiritual heirs, we choose to mention only “who does what”, without any hierarchical innuendo. This presentation was made to the best of our knowledge and we would be grateful for any complement or improvement you could suggest.

Members

All Shangpa Lamas are members of the network. On the occasion of several gatherings, many of them expressed directly their motivation to be cooperative member.

We apologize for any unintentional omission ; if you are not mentionned or if you would like to become an active member,please contact us.

See the list below.

List of the participants in the Shangpa Network

Founders of the Shangpa Network in 2009

Lama Tulku Wangchen, USA

Lama Norlha, USA

Lama Lodrö, USA

Lama Denys Töndrup, France

Lamas who joined the network in 2010

Lama Damtsik, Kagyu Takten Puntsokling, USA

Lama Drubgyu Tenpa, Dag Shang Kagyu, Spain

Lama Drubgyu Tenzin, Tsadra Foundation fellow, USA

Lama Gyaltsen, Karma Rimay O Sal Ling, USA

Lama Jamdron, Kagyu Thubten Choling, USA

Lama Karma Dorje, Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab, USA

Lama Karma Rinchen, Karma Thegchen Ling, USA

Lama Lhundroup, Rimay Community, France

Lama Lodro Gyamtso, Kagyu Ling, France

Lama Michael Conklin, Kagyu Changchub Chuling, USA

Lama Mingyour, Rimay Community, France

Lama Namgyal, France

Lama Palden Drolma, Sukhasiddhi Foundation, USA

Lama Pema Clark, Kagyu Sukha Choling, USA

Lama Puntso, Rimay Community, France

Lama Rinchen Khandro, Kagyu Tekchen Choling, Argentina

Lama Sangye Dorje, Kagyu Tekchen Choling, Argentina

Lama Sciartrul Rinpoche, Centro Milarepa, Italy

Lama Sengue, Rimay Community, France

Lama Seunam, Rimay Community, France

Lama Sherab Dorje, France

Lama Sonam Chopel, France

Lama Sonam Sherpa, Kagyu Pemde Gyamtso, Brazil

Lama Tashi Nyima, Institut Yeunten Ling, Belgium

Lama Tcheukyi, Claire Lumière Editions, France

Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Karma Thegchen Ling, USA

Lama Trinley, Kagyu Pemde Gyamtso, Brazil

Lama Tsultrim, Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling, Canada

Lama Yeshe Parke, Kagyu Sukha Choling, USA

Lama Zeupa, Institut Yeunten Ling, Belgium

Lama Zik, Kagyu Takten Puntsokling, USA

Lamas who joined the network in 2012

Lama Chonyi, France

Lama Sherab Namdrol, Yogi Ling, France

Lama Urgyen Wangdi, Spain

Lama Yetso, France

Lamas who joined the network in 2014

Lama Djangchub Drolma, France

Lama Karma, Kagyu Thubten Choling, USA

Lama Pema, France

Lama Rinchen Tsomo, France

Lama Tendzin, France

Lama Yeshe Pelmo, France

Lama Yeunten, France

Advisors

All Shangpa Lamas are advisors of the Shangpa Foundation and, in particular, the lineage holders and the active members of the network.

 At the service of the lineage, for the good of all.