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... He stepped down as head of Rato, installed his student Yonten Gyatso (yon tan rgya mtsho, 1443-1521) as his successor, and left for Tsang with twenty of his students ...

Read more from the biography of Khyenrab Wangchuk Drakpa Zangpo


... There he studied Abhisamayālaṃkāra, Mādhyamak, Abhidharmakośa, Pramāṇavārttika and Vinaya, the five major subjects of the Geshe Lharampa curriculum, mainly under the three eminent masters: Donyo Pelden (don yod dpal ldan, 1445-1524), the tenth abbot of Sera Monastery; Nyelton Peljor Lhundrub (gnyal ston dpal 'byor lhun grub, 1427-1514) and Tonpa Khetsun Yonten Gyatso (thon pa mkhas btsun yon tan rgya mtsho, 1443-1521) ...

Read more from the biography of Paṇchen Sonam Drakpa


... Among the large number of his disciples were Tonpa Khetsun Yonten Gyatso (thon pa mkhas btsun yon tan rgya mtsho, 1443-1521); Chokyi Shenyen (chos kyi bshes gnyen, 1453-1540), later the Thirteenth Ganden Tripa; and Rinchen Ozer (rin chen 'od zer, 1453-1540), later the Fourteenth Ganden Tripa. ...

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One of Lobzang Drakpa's main teachers was Yonten Gyatso (yon tan rgya mtsho, 1443-1521) who was the Ninth abbot of Drepung Monastery and the founder of Jamling Lhakang (byams gling lha khang), and Gyelje Gon (rgyal byed dgon) ...

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Rongton's students included Drakpa Zangpo (grags pa bzang po, d.u.), Zhonnu Pel (gzhon nu dpal, 1392-1481), Shākya Chokden (shAkya mchog ldan, 1428-1507), Yonten Gyatso (yon tan rgya mtsho, 1443-1521), Gorampa Sonam Sengge (go rams pa bsod nams seng ge, 1429-1489), and the Sixth Karmapa, Tongwa Donden (karma pa 06 mthong ba don ldan, 1416-1453), Konchok Gyeltsen (dkon mchog rgyal mtshan, 1388-1469), Namkha Pelzang (nam mkha' dpal bzang, d.u.) as well as many others. ...

Read more from the biography of Rongton Sheja Kunrik