Drogmi

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Drogmi (Drogmi Lotsāwa Śākya Yeshe) (c. 992–1064) transmitted the tantric system "Path and Fruit" (Lamdré) which came to be the central esoteric tradition of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.Kapstein, M. (2013). Tibetan Buddhism: A very short introduction. Drogmi was a famous scholar and translator who had studied at the Vikramashila monastery directly under Naropa, Ratnākaraśānti, Vāgīśvarakīrti and other great panditas from India for twelve years.{{cite book |last1=Reginald |first1=Ray |title=Indestructible Truth: The Living Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism |date=2002 |publisher=Shambhala Publications |isbn=9780834824386 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hg0YBgAAQBAJ&q=drogmi+vikramashila}} He is famous for his beard.{{cite book |last1=Ourvan |first1=Jeremy |title=The Star Spangled Buddhist: Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism and the Quest for Enlightenment in America |date=2016 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781510702080 |page=56 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTWCDwAAQBAJ&q=drogmi+vikramashila}}

He was also initiated into the Lamdre school by the Indian master, Gayadhara.{{cite journal |last1=Stearns |first1=Cyrus |title=The Mystery of Lord Gayadhara |journal=Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam 'bras in Tibet |date=2002 |pages=47–55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eDT7EQUMCx0C&q=luminous+lives}}