Khöntön Peljor Lhündrub

Khöntön Peljor Lhündrub

Khöntön Peljor Lhündrub was born in 1561 into the famous Khön clan, an ancient Tibetan family whose members include the founders and present-day throne holders of the Sakya school. His father, Tsewang Norgyé, was an important figure in the transmission lineage of the Magical Net Tantra, one of the most important tantric systems of the Nyingma school. Khöntön Rinpoché himself came to be considered one of the major figures in the transmission of this tantra. Khöntönpa also played an important role in the history of the Gelug school. He was the fifteenth abbot of the Jé College of Sera, and he came to be considered one of the lineage masters in the Gelug school’s transmission of the “stages of the path” or lamrim teachings. Both the Nyingma and Gelug schools eventually came to consider him a reincarnation of the great Nyingma scholar-saint Dropugpa.