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Yutok Yonten Gonpo, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, Shākya Chokden, the Eighth Situ and Longchenpa (L-R). The unusual style of this ink drawing has been associated with the Tenth Karmapa.

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Bawara Kagyu Tradition

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Sherab Zangpo

Jangsem Sherab Zangpo was a disciple of Tsongkhapa who is credited with introducing Tsongkhapa's teachings to Ladakh.

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Mustang Resistance Leaders

Bio of Tsongkha Lhamo Tsering

Ngor

Ngor was founded by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo in 1429 and developed into a major center of Sakya practice, supporting over a thousand monks at its largest.

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Demoness of Tibet

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Nineteenth Bakula Rinpoche

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Scenes from the Life of Tsongkhapa

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Padmasambhava

A detail from a 19th century painting of Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje depicts Padmasambhava with lotus hat 

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Khyenrab Sengge

b.1911 - d.1970
BDRC P9906

Khenrab Sengge was the ninth abbot of Khamshe, serving from 1955 to 1958, when the college was destroyed.

Name variants: Drayab Khenrab Sengge


Wylie: mkhyen rab seng+ge


Published May 9, 2022

Rinchen Dorje

d.1959
BDRC P10497

Khangmar Rinchen Dorje was the sixth abbot of Khamshe, the monastic college of Dzongsar Monastery, from 1940 to 1943.

Name variants: Khangmar Rinchen Dorje


Wylie: rin chen rdo rje


Published May 9, 2022

Damcho Wozer

b.1908? - d.1960?
BDRC P9907

Damcho Wozer was the eighth abbot of Khamshe, the monastic college of Dzongsar Monastery, from 1951 to 1955.

Name variants: Damcho; Minyak Damcho


Wylie: dam chos 'od zer


Published May 9, 2022

Tubten Gyeltsen

b.1902 - d.1971
BDRC P1PD108248

Dosib Tubten Gyeltsen was the seventh abbot of Khamshe, the monastic college of Dzongsar Monastery. He served from 1943 to 1950.

Name variants: Dosib Tubten Chokyi Gyeltsen; Dosib Tubten Gyeltsen; Jamyang Tubten Chokyi Gyeltsen; Tubten Chokyi Gyeltsen


Wylie: thub bstan rgyal mtshan


Published May 5, 2022

Dezhung Chopel Jamyang Kunga Namgyel

b.1880? - d.1950?
BDRC P968

Dezhung Chopel Jamyang Kunga Namgyel was the fifth abbot of Khamshe College, from 1935 to 1940. 

Name variants: Dezhung Chopel; Jamyang Kunga Namgyel


Wylie: sde gzhung chos 'phel 'jam dbyangs kun dga' rnam rgyal


Published May 5, 2022

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