Drikung Kagyu Monks

Drikung Kagyü or Drigung Kagyü (Wylie: ' bri-gung bka'-brgyud) is one of the eight "minor" lineages of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. "Major" here refers to those Kagyü lineages founded by the immediate disciples of Gampopa (1079-1153), while "minor" refers to all the lineages founded by disciples of Gampopa's main disciple, Phagmo Drupa (1110-1170). One of these disciples, Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217), is the founder of Drikung.
Like with all other Kagyu lineages, origins of Drikung Kagyü can be traced back... meer