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... The list of well-known religious masters that studied Barawa teachings include the Nyingma master Jigme Pawo ('jigs med dpa' bo, 1682–c.1730), who became an important religious and political personage in the Buddhist kingdom of Sikkim; Tsangnyon Heruka (gtsang smyon he ru ka, 1452–1507), the author of the most famous biography of Milarepa (mi la ras pa, 1040–1123); and Gotsang Repa (rgod tshang ras pa, 1482/94–1559/70), a disciple of Tsangnyon Heruka.[18] ...

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In a sixteenth-century account of the story by Gotsang Repa (rgod tshang ras pa, 1494–1570) Life of Rechungpa (rje btsun ras chung ba'i rnam thar), Lhachik Dembu's accomplishments are reduced to a prophecy by Rechungpa that she would attain rebirth as one of the sixteen-thousand wives of the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi ...

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... Meanwhile, the most substantial biography of the Madman of Tsang, the Heruka (gtsang smyon he ru ka, 1452-1507), written by Gotsang Repa Natsok Rangdrol (rgod tshang ras pa sna tshogs rang grol, 1482-1559) tells of a complicated and tragic relationship between the Madman of U and the Madman of Tsang, playing out over a number of years ...

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... He was said to be the reincarnation of Gotsang Repa Natsok Rangdrol (rgod tshang ras pa sna tshogs rang grol, 1494-1570) by a local medium (lha bab pa) ...

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