The Treasury of Lives

Karma Ngedon Tendzin Trinle Rabgye (karma nges don bstan 'dzin 'phrin las rab rgyas) was born in 1770, the iron-tiger year of thirteenth sexagenary cycle, in Kham (khams). He was identified as the reincarnation of Karma Ngelek Tendzin Trinle Rabgye (karma nges legs bstan 'dzin 'phrin las rab rgyas, b. 1700), a nephew of the Eighth Situ, Chokyi Jungne (si tu 08 chos kyi 'byung gnas, 1699-1774).

As a youth, Karma Ngedon Tendzin Trinle Rabgye received monastic vows and Buddhist training at Pelpung Monastery (dpal spungs dgon). He specialized in the medical sciences.

In 1789, when was twenty, he composed the influential medical treatise, the Jeweled Garland of Immortality ('chi med nor bu'i phreng ba), and later also composed a commentary work for it, the Jeweled Treasury of Wellness (phan bde nor bu'i bang mdzod).