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The connection between Apang Terton's family and the Dolma Podrang branch of the Sakya family continues, as the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (tA la'i bla ma 14, b ...

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During the chaos of 1959, following the uprising against Chinese Communist rule in Tibet and the flight of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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In 1955 at the request of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (da la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... He was there when the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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After the death of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, two of Pabongkha's important students, the Sixth Ling Rinpoche Tubten Lungtok Namgyel Trinle (gling rin po che 06 thub bstan lung rtogs rnam rgyal 'phrin las, 1903-1984) and Trijang Rinpoche were appointed as, respectively, senior and junior tutors to the subsequent incarnation, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b.1935) ...

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Dawa Drolma went next to Lhasa on pilgrimage where she had a secret intimate relationship with the important Geluk lama, the Fifth Khardo Tulku Kelzang Tubten Nyendrak (mkhar rdo sprul sku 05 bskal bzang thub bstan snyan grags, 1908–1951), of Sera Monastery (se ra dgon).[ii] Khardo Rinpoche was involved in the Tibetan government as a close friend and associate of the Fifth Reting Rinpoche Jampel Yeshe Gyeltsen (rwa sgreng 05 'jam dpal ye shes rgyal mtshan, 1912–1947), the regent of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (ta la'i bla ma 14, b, 1935) ...

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... He also encountered the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... According to the biography by Pema Bhum, Dungkar Lobzang Trinle was one of sixteen geshe to serve as an examination debater when the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... In 1952 he went to Tibet and met the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (ta la'i bla ma 14, b ...

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On November 16, 1950, about a month after the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... Because Chogye Trichen was in Darjeeling helping arrange the publication of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's (tA la'i bla ma 14, b ...

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In 1959, Jampel Namdrol Chokyi Gyeltsen and Rigzin Drolma fled from Tibet to Nepal after learning about the flight of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (ta la'i bla ma 14, b ...

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... He was connected to over two-dozen of the most prominent and influential teachers throughout Tibet and in diaspora, including Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro; Dilgo Khentse (dil mgo mkhyen brtse, 1910-1991); Dudjom Jikdrel Yeshe Dorje (bdud 'joms 'jigs bral ye shes rdo rje, 1908-1988); the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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When the Fourteenth Dalai Lama confirmed the identity of the Eleventh Paṇchen Lama, Gendun Chokyi Nyima (dge 'dun chos kyi nyi ma, b ...

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... Dhondup founded the Tibetan Communist Party-in-Exile with Namgyel (rnam rgyal), with the blessing of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b.1935) ...

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Other teachers over the course of his long life included the Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rikpai Dorje (karma pa 15 rang byung rig pa'i rdo rje, 1924-1981), the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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After the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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At the age of forty-two, he made a pilgrimage to Lhasa, where he visited the major monasteries and met with the leading Geluk lamas of the day, including the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... He had an audience with the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... From July 1954 to June 1955, when the young Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... He wrote in his book Sacred Realm that this was "the saddest event of my childhood" while the recognition of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama in 1939 was the "happiest event of my youth." ...

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In 1954 he was recognized as the reincarnation of his predecessor, the Fifth Amdo Zhamar, Lobzang Shedrub Tendzin Gyatso (blo bzang bshad sgrub bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, 1914-1952) by the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b.1935), while he was visiting Kumbum Monastery (sku 'bum) ...

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... Among these were Pabongkha Dechen Nyingpo (pha bong kha bde chen snying po, 1878-1941); Kyabje Khangsar Dorjechang (skyabs rje khang gsar rdo rje 'chang, d.u.); the Fifth Lingtrul, Tubten Lungtok Tendzin Trinle (gling sprul 05 thub bstan lung rtogs bstan 'dzin 'phrin las, 1903-1983), the senior tutor of of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho b ...

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... Following the 1959 flight of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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In 1951, when the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatso (bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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Following the discovery and selection of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b.1935), in 1941 Trijang Rinpoche was appointed as his assistant tutor, and, in 1953, as his junior tutor, or yongdzin (yongs 'dzin), teaching him grammar and spelling ...

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... In 1988 Lungtok Tenpai Nyima invited the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... The first debate occurred in the inner courtyard of the Jokhang (jo khang) in the presence of the Sixth Ling Rinpoche, Thubten Lungtok Tenzin Trinle (gling rin po che 06 thub bstan lung rtogs bstan 'dzin 'phrin las, 1903-1983), who had recently been appointed the main tutor to the young Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... While studying his regular courses, he also received a great deal of teachings, initiation, empowerment, and instructions from the high lamas including the regent of Tibet (from 1941 to 1951), the Third Takdrak Tritrul, Ngawang Sungrab Tutob (stag brag khri sprul 03 ngag dbang gsung rab mthu stobs); the First Pabongkha; and the Third Trijang Rinpoche, Lobzang Yeshe Tendzin Gyatso (khri byang 03 blo bzang ye shes bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, 1900-1981), the junior tutor to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso, (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... During their meeting in Beijing in 1954 he successfully invited the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (tA la’i bla ma 14 bstan ’dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... Following his appointment in the National General Assembly as a representative of Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture, Rabten attended the National General Assembly meeting in Beijing in 1954, during which he met with the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... While in Lhasa, she had a sexual relationship with the Fifth Khardo Tulku Kelzang Tubten Nyendrak (mkhar rdo sprul sku 05 bskal bzang thub bstan snyan grags, 1908–1951), a Geluk lama of Sera Monastery (se ra dgon).[2] Khardo Tulku was a close associate of the Fifth Reting Rinpoche Jampel Yeshe Gyeltsen (rwa sgreng 05 'jam dpal ye shes rgyal mtshan, 1912–1947), the regent of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (ta la'i bla ma 14, b ...

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His compositions, most recently published in a two-volume collection in 2010, include a nonsectarian history called The Chariot of Conviction (yid ches dad pa’i shing rta), which he completed in 1957; several texts related to the life of his main teacher Adzom Gyelse Gyurme Dorje; notes on the tsalung (rtsa rlung) practice of the Longchen Nyingtik; a defense of the Guhyagarbha Tantra; a denunciation of meat-eating; a rejoinder to sectarian claims by the Geluk teacher Drayab Tokden Jamyang Lodro (brag g.yab rtogs ldan 'jam dbyangs blo gros, 1888–1941); and a Buddhist response to the tenets of modern cosmology, which he offered to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (tA la'i bla ma 14, b ...

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... Today, however, the nature of Jampel Tenpai Ngodrub’s experience is controversial within the Geluk tradition with some asserting this pure vision actually took place, while others, most notably the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla 14 ma bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b.1935), following the advice of the Nechung (gnas chung) medium, stating that this vision was not a blessing of higher beings but instead was a hindrance. ...

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... 1928), the older brother of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... In November 1950, the Regent Taktra stepped down and the young Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b.1935)  assumed full temporal power ...

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He received empowerments from many of the Tibetan lamas who visited Sikkim in the 1950s, including Dilgo Khyentse Tashi Peljor (dil mgo mkhyen brtse bkra shis dpal 'byor, 1910-1991), the Sixteenth Karmapa Rangjung Rigpai Dorje (karma pa 16 rang byung rig pa'i rdo rje, 1924-1981), the Forty-first Sakya Tridzin, Ngawang Kunga Tekchen Pelbar (sa skya khri 'dzin 41 ngag dbang kun dga' theg chen dpal 'bar, b.1945), and the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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In 1950, the young Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b.1935) was installed as head of state ...

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Around 1952 Diki Tsering (bde skyid tshe ring, 1919–1964), the mother of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... Nonetheless, Ling Rinpoche did also receive transmissions from the Thirteenth Dalai Lama that he later passed on to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b.1935). ...

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Tsering Wangmo was present when Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro met the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (ta la'i bla ma 14, b ...

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In September 1951, the Chinese People's Liberation Army marched into Lhasa city, beginning a decade of uneasy coexistence as the government of the young Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... Kazi had a daughter who was recognized by the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (ta la'i bla ma 14, b ...

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After the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... There, in 1945, he met the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's (tA la'i bla ma 14, b ...

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... Tubten Gyeltsen and his companions received an audience with the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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Following the violent transition of power, in 1941, to the regency by the Third Takdra, Ngawang Sungrab Tutob (stag brag 03 ngag dbang gsung rab mthu stobs, 1874–1952), Takdra appointed Tubten Lhundrub to serve as the personal physician (bla sman) of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... Tulku Urgyen was then with the Karmapa in Lhasa, where he was receiving the Kālacakra empowerment from the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b, 1935) ...

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In 1950, the young Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b.1935) had been installed as head of state ...

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In 1950, the young Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b.1935) was installed as head of state ...

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Jampa Taye accepted Chamdo's invitation, and, having received blessings from the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... In October of 1954, he met with both the Tenth Paṇchen Lama, Chokyi Gyeltsen (paN chen 10 chos kyi rgyal mtshan, 1938-1989) and the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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In 1990 the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b ...

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... He made abundant offerings to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tendzin Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 14 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho b ...

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