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... He also took teachings and empowerments—including Lamdre, Vajrapañjara, Kālacakra, Hevajra, Medicine Buddha, Mahākāla, the yogas of Niguma, etc.—from the most important lamas in these monasteries: the erudite Bodong Chokle Namgyel (bo dong phyogs las rnam rgyal, 1376-1451), the translator Kyabchok Pelzang (lo tsA ba skyabs mchog dpal bzang, fourteenth to fifteenth century), the great Sakya lama Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (ngor chen kun dga' bzang po, 1382-1456), the Nartang abbot Drubpa Sherab (grub pa shes rab, 1357-1423), and the Shangpa Kagyu master Lodro Pelzang (blo gros dpal zang, fourteenth to fifteenth century), the nephew of Jakchen Jampa Pel ('jag chen byams pa dpal, 1310-1391) ...

Read more from the biography of Khyenrab Wangchuk Drakpa Zangpo


Sonam Zangpo was known to have composed several works in his later years that are no longer extant, including a commentary on the Vinaya written at the age of seventy-two; a commentary to Nāgārjuna's Dharmadhatustava written at the request of Jamyang Khache ('jam dbyangs kha che) when he was seventy-seven; a Pramāṇavārttika commentary at the age of seventy-nine; a reply to Lotsāwa Kyabchok Pel's (lo tsa ba skyabs mchog dpal, d.u.) refutation of the other-emptiness view (gzhan stong) at eighty; another commentary on the Vinaya at eighty-two; and an Uttaratantra exegesis together with several works  several texts concerning tathāgatagarbha written at the age of eighty-four.2 ...

Read more from the biography of Nyakpuwa Sonam Zangpo


... He studied Guhyasamāja under the tutorship of Lochen Jangchub Tsemo; general commentary on tantras under Lochen Kyabchok Pelzang (lo chen skyab mchog dpal bzang, d.u.); and Heruka from Sabzang Paṇchen. ...

Read more from the biography of Rendawa Zhonnu Lodro


... When he was three years old, he took threefold refuge under the translator Kyabchok Pelzangpo (skyabs mchog dpal bzang po, 15th century) and was given the name Konchok Kyab (mkon mchog skyabs) ...

Read more from the biography of Taktsang Lotsāwa Sherab Rinchen




At age twenty-five, after Yeshe Gyeltsen passed away, Kunga Zangpo traveled to Shang Chokor Gang (shangs chos 'khor sgang) to study with Kyabchok Pelzang (skyabs mchog dpal bzang, d.u.)

... In addition to the masters mentioned above, Kunga Zangpo's teachers included Pelden Tsultrim (dpal ldan tshul khrims, 1333-1399), Kunga Gyelsten (kun dga' rgyal mtshan, d.u.), Zhonnu Lodro (gzhon nu blo gros, 1358-1412/24), Tashi Rinchen (bkra shis rin chen, d.u.), and Lotsāwa Kyabchok Pelzang (lo tsA ba skyabs mchog dpal bzang, d.u.). ...

Read more from the biography of Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo