A follower of the Drukpa or Bhutanese Buddhist school, or a member of a Tibetan Buddhist lineage.
From Tibetan Drukpa, meaning 'thunder dragon' or 'dragon lineage' (druk = thunder dragon, pa = follower). This school originated in Tibet and became influential in Bhutan and Ladakh.
The Drukpa school chose 'thunder dragon' as their symbol—and Bhutan officially uses the thunder dragon as its national emblem, making this Buddhist sect central to the country's identity!
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