The Third Zhabdrung Karpo, Ngawang Tenpai Gyeltsen (ngag dbang bstan pa rgyal mtshan) was born in Trika in 1660. The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 05 ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho, 1617-1682) recognized him as the reincarnation of the Second Zhabdrung Karpo, Lodro Gyatso (zhabs drung dkar po 02 blo gros rgya mtsho, 1610-1659).
He studied with well-known lamas and scholars, traveled to Beijing during the Kangxi Emperor’s reign, and visited U-Tsang five times in his lifetime.
Lobzang Tenpai Gyeltsen was involved in the search for the Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 07 skal bzang rgya mtsho, 1708-1757).
He founded Lamo Dechen Monastery (la mo bde chen), which was given the name Getsok Ling (dge tshog gling) by the Kangxi Emperor, and took up residency there, training numerous important teachers and scholars. He received the title Achitu Tsagan Nominhan (a chi thu tsha gan no min han). After the Lobzang Danjin uprising in 1724, he was awarded by the Qing with the role of leading one of the 29 Mongol banners of Qinghai, the Chaghan Nominhan Banner, with the rank of Taiji Da lama (his influence covered what is now Guinan (Gad pa sum mdo), western Tongde (Mang ra), western Hualong (Ba yan), southern Guide (Kri kha), Jianzha (Chen tsa), and Zeku (Tse khok) counties).
He passed away in 1728 at age sixty-nine.
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