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From Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang (mkhan po ngag dbang dpal bzang, 1879-1940), Choktrul received teachings from the Nyingtik Nyengyud (snying thig snyan brgyud) lineage of Dzogchen, the Chetsun Nyingtik (lce btsun snying thig), and several other empowerments and instructions. ...

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... Around the age of twenty-five, Munsel traveled to Nyoshul Monastery (snyo shul dgon) where he studied the complete Longchen Nyingtik (klong chen snying thig) treasure cycle in detail with one of the most important lineage holders of the tradition, Katok Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang (kaH thog mkhan po ngag dbang dpal bzang, 1879-1941), a heart student of Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpai Gyeltsen (myo shul lung rtogs bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan, b ...

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... Assisted by Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang (mkhan po ngag dbang dpal bzang, 1879-1941), Kunzang Pelden served in this position for three years, establishing Shedrub Norbui Lhunpo as a center for Vajrayāna studies

Among his prominent disciples were the Third Katok Situ; the Fourth Shechen Gyeltsab, Pema Namgyel (zhe chen rgyal tshab 04 pad+ma rnam rgyal, 1871-1926); Ngawang Pelzang of Katok Monastery (kaH thog mkhan po ngag dbang dpal bzang, 1879-1941); Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro ('jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse chos kyi blo gros, 1893-1959); the twenty-fifth Dzogchen abbot, Ngawang Norbu (ngag dbang nor bu, 1886-1958); Katok Khenchen Lekshe Jorden (kaH thog mkhan chen legs bshad 'byor ldan, d.u.); the twentieth Dzogchen abbot, Tekchok Loden (pad+ma theg mchog blo ldan, 1879-1955); the abbot of Dzagyu Gemang Shedra, Dongak Tenpai Nyima (mdo sngags bstan pa'i nyi ma, c.1898-1959); the Fourth Mura Tulku, Pema Norbu (mu ra sprul sku 04 pad+ma nor bu, 1918-1958), and Khunu Lama Tendzin Gyeltsen (khu nu bla ma bstan 'dzin rgyal mtshan, 1894-1977) ...

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... Later, at Nyoshul Monastery (smyo shul dgon) in the Dzinkhok ('dzin khog) valley, upstream from Katok Monastery (kaH thog dgon), he received his monastic vows from Tubten Gomchok Lekden (thub bstan sgom mchog legs ldan, d.u.) There Jamyang Dorje received Dzogchen teachings from Nyoshul Lungtok Shedrub Tenpai Nyima (smyo shul lung rtogs bshad sgrub bstan pa'i nyi ma, b.1920), the reincarnation of his grandmother's teacher, Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpai Nyima, and a disciple of Khenpo Ngaga, Ngawang Pelzang (mkhan po ngag dga' ngag dbang dpal bzang, 1879-1941). ...

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... 1959); Tsering Chojor (mkhan po tshe ring chos 'byor, 1928-1959); Botrul Dongak Tenpai Nyima (bod sprul mdo sngags bstan pa'i nyi ma, 1898/1900/1902-1959); Katok Khenchen Ngakchung Pelzang (kaH thog mkhan po ngag dbang dpal bzang, 1879-1941); Adzom Drukpa Tubten Pema Trinle (a 'dzom 'brug pa thub bstan pad+ma 'phrin las, b ...

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Some of his prominent disciples were the first abbot of Pelyul, Ngawang Pelzang (dpal yul mkhan rabs 01 ngag dbang dpal bzang, 1879-1941); the Tenth Zurmang Trungpa, Karma Chokyi Nyinje (zur mang drung pa 10 karma chos kyi nyin byed, c.1879-1939); and the Fourth Shechen Gyeltsab, Pema Namgyel (zhe chen rgyal tshab 04 pad+ma rnam rgyal, 1871-1926). ...

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While still young he spent time at Katok Monastery (kaH thog) where he studied Prajñāpāramitā, Madhyamaka, logic and the Bodhicaryāvatāra under the directions of Khenchen Kunzang Deldan (mkhan chen kun bzang dpal ldan, 1862-1943) and Khenpo Ngakchung Ngawang Pelzang (ngag chung dpal bzang, 1879-1940), who also granted him full monastic vows and who would later help him open Pelyul's monastic college, Tosam Norbu Lhunpo (thos bsam nor bu lhun po) ...

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... This was how Tsering Wangmo, as a young girl, met the famed Dzogchen teacher Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang (ngag dbang dpal bzang, 1879–1941), who was a regular visitor to the Lakar home ...

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... 1895) and Dzogchen Khenpo Ngakchung (rdzogs chen mkhan po ngag chung, 1879-1940) ...

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... He spent several months with Bomta Khenpo, a disciple of Khenpo Ngakchung Pelzang (mkhan po ngag chung dpal bzang, 1879–1940) of Nyoshul Monastery (smyo shul dgon) ...

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When he was thirteen years old, he arrived back to Ditsa to study Buddhist philosophy and other curses under instructions from Dzoge Tsultrim Gyatso (mdzod dge tshul khrims rgya mtsho, d.u.) and Yongdzin Paṇḍita Lobzang Pelden (yongs 'dzin paNDi ta blo bzang dpal ldan, 1880-1944), also known as Giteng Rinpoche (sgis steng rin po che). ...

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Sonam Chopel's disciples included Ngawang Pelzang of Katok Monastery (kaH thog ngag dbang dpal bzang 1879-1941) and Minyak Lama Sonam Chodrub (mi nyag bla ma bsod nams chos 'grub, 1862-1944). ...

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... Among these were Ngawang Pelzang (ngag dbang dpal bzang, 1879-1941), whom he ordained in 1889 ...

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