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She is generally credited with having transmitted the Kālacakra to Jamsar Sherab Wozer ('jam gsar ba shes rab 'od zer), although the Blue Annals has him as the disciple of her brother instead. ...

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In 1375, Sharchen obtained from his father the reading transmission for the Abhisamayālaṃkāra, for its commentary by Haribhadra, the Abhisamayālaṃkārāloka, and for the latter's commentary by Jamyang Sarma Sherab Ozer ('jam dbyangs gsar ma shes rab 'od zer, 12th century), the Jamyang Sharma Ṭīka ('jam dbyangs gsar ma'i TIka) ...

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At four years of age his mother took him to Jonang Monastery (jo nang dgon), where the master Yonten Gyatso (yon tan rgya mtsho, d.u.) stared at him, pointed his finger, and exclaimed with a laugh, "He is the rebirth of Jamyang Sarma ('jam dbyangs gsar ma, d.u.)!" Nyawon was then taken to Sakya Monastery (sa skya dgon), where he learned to read and write, and for five years studied Prajñāpāramitā, epistemology, Abhidharma, and the monastic code. ...

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When he was staying at the master Jamyang Sarma's ('jam dbyangs gsar ma) monastery of Kyangdur (rkyang 'dur), Kunpang received the transmission of all the treatises and oral instructions possessed by the great Choku Ozer (chos sku 'od zer) ...

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