The Treasury of Lives

Lodro Sengge ('jam dbyangs blo gros seng ge) was born in Mustang in 1345. His father was Jamyang Kunga Sengge ('jam dbyangs kun dga' seng+ge, 1314 d. 1347), the seventh abbot of Ralung Monastery (rwa lung dgon) and the eight in the list of “Nine Incomparible Lions” (mnyam med seng ge dgu). Lodro Sengge was born when his father was thirty-two, and five years later transferred to the monastery, presumably when his father became abbot. He took novice ordination with a lama named Sonam Lodro (bsod nams blo gros), and received instruction in the Drukpa teachings from numerous Ralung lamas.

Among his disciples were Khyentse Tokden (mkhyen brtse rtogs ldan, d.u.), who was also a student of Jonang Chokle Namgyel (jo nang phyogs las rnam rgyal, 1306-1386), and his two sons, Sherab Senge (shes rab seng ge, 1371-1392) and Jamyang Yeshe Rinchen (byam dbyangs ye shes rin chen, 1364-1413), the ninth and tenth abbots of Ralung, respectively. Sherab Sengge is also considered the last of the “Nine Incomparable Lions."