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... Notably, it elaborates on what Guru Tashi (gu ru bkra shis, eighteenth century) refers to in his own history, Guru Tashi's History (gu bkra'i chos 'byung), as "some wonderful legends" (gtam rgyud ngo mtshar can 'ga' zhig) pertaining to Drime Kunga's birth ...

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In the late 1670s, the king of Derge, Sanggye Tenpa (sangs rgyas bstan pa, 1638–1710) invited Longsel Nyingpo to his capital.[52] According to the eighteenth-century Nyingma historian Guru Tashi (gu ru bkra shis), Sanggye Tenpa regretted that Longsel Nyingpo's teacher, Dudul Dorje, had been driven away by court politics in the late 1650s after serving a few years as the kingdom's honored chaplain ...

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... 1757), the biographer Guru Tashi (gu ru bkra shis, d.u.), and the Second Troshul Getrul, Tsewang Pelgyi Dorje (khro shul dge sprul 02 tshe dbang dpal gyi rdo rje, d.u.). ...

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... Specifically, he gave comprehensive teachings and empowerments on the Khadro Nyingtik terma cycle (mkha' gro snying theg), one of the main practices at Dzogchen Monastery, to selected disciples, including Kheyol Rigdzin Chenpo (khye yol rig 'dzin chen po, d.u.) and Kechok Guru Tashi (mkhas mchog gu ru bkra shis, d.u.), who would later compile an extensive history of the Nyingma school ...

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... A nineteenth century biography by Guru Tashi (gu ru bkra shis) reproduces Jigme Lingpa's account almost verbatim ...

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... He received additional teachings from the Fourth Dzogchen Drubwang, Mingyur Namkhai Dorje (rdzogs chen grub dbang mi 'gyur nam mkha'i rdo rje, 1793-1870), and Guru Tashi (gu ru bkra shis, 18th century), the author of the famous religions history completed in the second decade of the nineteenth century. ...

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In addition to the Third Jamyang Zhepa, Tukwan's students included many future abbots and prominent lamas of Amdo such as Yangchen Gawai Lodro (dbyangs can dga' ba'i blo gros, 1740-1827), Ngawang Shedrub Tenpai Nyima (ngag dbang bshad sgrub bstan pa'i nyi ma, 1787-1859/60), Ngawang Mipam Dawa (ngag dbang mi pham zla ba, 1767-1807), Jamyang Tubten Nyima ('jam dbyangs thub bstan nyi ma, 1779-1862), Lobzang Tsepel (blo bzang tshe 'phel, b ...

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