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... He was arrested during the Tibetan resistance to the Communist take-over of Tibet and was imprisoned in Dartsedo (dar rtse mdo), along with Katok Situ Chokyi Nyima (kaH thog si tu 04 chos kyi nyi ma, b ...

Read more from the biography of Garwang Lerab Lingpa


His principal lineage heirs were the Fourth Katok Situ, Orgyen Chokyi Nyima (kaH thog sit u chos kyi nyi ma, 1928–1962); Moktsa Jigme Chokle Namgyel ('jigs bral phyogs las rnam rgyal); Katok Wontrul Tsultrim Yonten Gyatso (kaH thog dbon sprul tshul khrims yon tan rgya mtsho); Nyingon Tulku Kunzang Tobgyel (nyin dgon sprul sku kun bzang stobs rgyal); Tsopu Dorlo Tulku Pema Trinle Namgyel (mtsho phu rdor lo'i sprul sku pad+ma phrin las rnam rgyal); Dza Choktrul Chokle Namgyel (dzaH ka mchog sprul phyogs las rnam rgyal); and Adzom Drukpa Tubten Pema Trinle (a ‘dzom ‘brug pa thub bstan pad+ma ‘phrin las, b ...

Read more from the biography of Gyurme Tenpa Namgyel


... 1935); the Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpai Dorje (karma pa 16 rang byung rig pa'i rdo rje 1924-1981); the Eleventh Minling Trichen, Gyurme Kunzang Namgyel (smin gling khri 11 'gyur med kun bzang dbang rgyal); and many highly renowned lamas at Katok including Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang; Khenchen Munsel Rinpoche (mkhan chen mun sel rin po che, 1916-1994), and the fourth Katok Situ, Chokyi Nyima (kaH thog si tu 04 chos kyi nyi ma, b ...

Read more from the biography of Jamyang Gyeltsen


... Ngawang Pelzang either traveled to see the Second Penor, only arriving at Pelyul after his disciple had passed away, or, alternately, the Second Penor, while ill, traveled a great distance by palanquin to visit Ngawang Pelzang in Nyoshul .[52] At Katok, he presided over the enthronement of the Fourth Katok Situ, Chokyi Nyima (kaH thog si tu 04 chos kyi nyi ma, b ...

Read more from the biography of Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang