Bängar Jampäl Zangpo
Jampäl Zangpo (15th century) – mahāmudrā master of Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. He spent 18 years in retreat. The main student of the 6th Karmapa (karma pa mthong ba don ldan, 1416‒1453), and a principal teacher of the 7th Karmapa (karma pa chos grags rgya mtsho, 1454‒1506). Praised by the 8th Karmapa and the 8th Situ show him as equal to Buddha himself. Having such a high spiritual position, he received from Karmapa in Tshurpu the title of vajrāchārya (Tib. rdo rje slob dpon) given to the lamas most experienced in tantric rituals.
