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Drikung Kagyu or Drigung Kagyu (Wylie: A sub-school of the Drikung was the Lhapu school, established in western Bhutan in the 12th century. The Lhapu followers built the earliest dzongs in Bhutan. The Drikung lineage is particularly known for its development of the practice of Phowa,in which a practitioner learns how to expell thier consciousness through the fontanel at the top of the skull at the moment of death. One of the Six Yogas of Naropa, this practice is said to aid the practitioner in remaining aware through the death experience, thus aiding one in attaining enlightenment in the Bardo (the state in between death and the next rebirth) or in achieving a birth conducive to the practice of Dharma. Another unique feature of the Drikung lineage is the female protector Achi Chokyi Drolma. The great-grandmother of Drigung Kyobpa Jigten Gönpo Rinchen Päl, she prophesied Jigten Gönpo's birth and vowed to protect those in his lineage. She is unusual in that she is both a female protector and an enlightened bodhisattva that can be taken as one's personal yidam in meditation practice. She is depicted either sitting on a horse or standing with a kapala in her left hand and a mirror in her right hand. Achi's practice became so popular that she has been included in other lineages, such as the Karma Kagyu, often through the phenomena of "revealed treasures" or terma.
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