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Soon afterwards, he traveled to Tarpa Ling (thar pa gling) where he studied Sanskrit poetry and grammar for about four years with Tarpa Lotsāwa Nyima Gyeltsen (thar pa lo tsA ba nyi ma rgyal mtshan, d.u), a prominent translator whom Rinchen Drub came to consider the chief among his many teachers ...

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In addition to her father’s training, she is said to have received instructions from early Kagyu masters such the Second Karmapa, Karma Pakshi (karma pak+Shi, 1204–1283); the First Drukchen, Drubtob Gonye[iii] (grub thob mgon ye); Tarpa Lotsawa Nyima Gyeltsen (thar pa lo tsA ba nyi ma rgyal mtshan); Khedrub Choje (mkhas grub chos rje), and an unidentified figure with the epithet Dzamling Gyen ('dzam gling rgyan), "Ornament of the World." Her biography also states that she received teachings from Tropu Lotsāwa (khro phu lo tsa ba (c.1172–c.1236), however, it seems likely that he lived too early for them to have met directly. ...

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From Tarpa Lotsāwa (thar pa lo tsA ba), Tropu Panchen Shakya Sengge (khro phu paN chen shAkya seng+ge), Lopon Gyalwa Zangpo (slob dpon rgyal ba bzang po), and a Lama Ārya (bla ma Ar+ya) he received teachings in the new and old traditions and practiced under their guidance. ...

Read more from the biography of Kunpang Delek Rinchen


... He received many teachings from the great Buton Rinchen Drub (bu ston rin chen grub, 1290-1364) at Zhalu (zha lu) monastery and from Tarpa Lotsāwa Nyima Gyeltsen (thar pa lo tsA ba nyi ma rgyal mtshan, d.u.) at Sangpu Neutok (gsang phu ne'u thog). ...

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