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... Likewise, the "Looks Like Me" (nga 'dra) statue of Padmasambhava offered him a greeting scarf.[34] In Lhasa, while praying at Tsongkhapa's (tsong kha pa, 1357–1419) golden reliquary stupa at Ganden Monastery (dga' ldan dgon), he had visions of Tsongkhapa and his heart disciples Gyeltsab Dharma Rinchen (rgyal tshab rje dar ma rin chen, 1364–1432) and Khedrub Gelek Pelzang (mkhas grub dge legs dpal bzang, 1385–1438),[35] as well as Tsongkhapa's guru Lhodrak Namkhai Gyeltsen (lho brag nam mkha'i rgyal mtshan).[36] When he visited Reting Monastery (rwa sgreng dgon), he is said to have had visions of Atiśa Dīpaṃkara (, 982–1055) and other early Kadam masters[37]
... 1323);[82] Rigdzin Godem, Tangtong Gyelpo; Karma Chakme (karma chags med, 1613–1678); Pema Trinle Lingpa (pad+ma 'phrin las gling pa, seventeenth century);[83] Yonge Mingyur Dorje (yongs dge mi 'gyur rdo rje, 1628/41–1708);[84] the translator Bhadrapa (lo tsA bha tra pa);[85] Jangchub Gyeltsen (byang chub rgyal mtshan);[86] Pema Kakyab Lingpa (pad+ma mkha' khyab gling pa);[87] Rangbar Pawo Nuden (rang bar dpa' bo nus ldan); Pema Do-ngak Lingpa (pad+ma mdo sngags gling pa);[88] and the Third Alak Gyelpo Choying Tobden Dorje (a lags rgyal po 03 chos dbyings stobs ldan rdo rje, 1785–1848).[89] He is also said to have been an indeterminate Panchen Sherab Drakpa (paN chen shes rab grags pa).[90] ...
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While receiving these various empowerments and teachings at Dzamtang, Bamda Gelek also continued to study the texts of the philosophical tradition, especially the works of Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa, 1357-1419) and the textbooks of Jamyang Zhepa ('jam dbyangs bzhad pa, 1648-1721/1722) ...
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Lodro Gyeltsen met and studied with the most important early masters of the Geluk tradition, including Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa, 1357-1419), but his four main teachers were Khedrubje, Lodro Chokyong, Tokden Jampel Gyatso, and Wolkha Zangpo Kyong ...
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... In particular he received the transmission of the oral tradition of Tsongkhapa's (tsong kha pa, 1357-1419) lineage of Ganden Mahāmudrā (dga' ldan phyag chen), which Tsongkhapa is said to have received from Mañjuśrī himself, together with the root text of the transmission, the Trulpai Legbam Chenmo (sprul pa'i glegs bam chen mo). ...
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... At the time of Chokyi Dronma's visit to Lhasa the fame of Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa, 1357–1414), the founder of the Geluk tradition, was rapidly spreading, and Chokyi Dronma was deeply impressed. ...
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... He went into retreat at the Drigung retreat center of Terdrom (gter sgrom) until his death in either 1399 or 1407.
Among his main disciples were Lapchi Namkha Gyeltsen (la phyi nam mkha' rgyal mtshan, 1372-1437), Mangom Wozer Sengge (sman sgom 'od zer seng ge, d.u.), Sabzang Pakpa Zhonnu Lodro (sa bzang 'phags pa gzhon nu blo gros, 1358-1412/1424), Drigung Lotsāwa Maṇikaśrījñāna ('bri gung lo tsA ba Ma Ni ka shrI dzA na, 1289-1363), and Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419), who traveled to Drigung to receive teachings from him. ...
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... In his Buddhist Academy, he followed the commentaries to these texts written by Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa pa, 1357–1419) but in the interest in a nonsectarian form of monastic education, the Tenth Paṇchen Lama supported the inclusion of at least the essential teachings and doctrines from all major Buddhist traditions in Tibet as taught by Buddhist teachers from all these schools ...
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He received teachings from as many as fifty masters, including the First Dalai Lama, Gendun Drub (tA lai bla ma 01 dge 'dun grub, 1391-1474), who had been a close disciple of Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) ...
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At Jakhyung Dondrub Rinchen nurtured a child named Kunga Nyingpo (kun dga' snying po) who came to be known as Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) ...
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... Among his teachers were Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419), and the founder and first abbot of Drepung Monastery ('bras spung), Jamyang Choje Tashi Pelden ('jam dbyangs chos rje bkra shis dpal ldan, 1379-1449). ...
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... Scholars of the time, such as Yaktrukpa Sanggye Pel (g.yag phrug pa sangs rgyas dpal, 1350–1414), Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357–1419), Rendawa Zhonnu Lodro (red mda ba gzhon nu blo gros, 1349–1412), Lotsāwa Kyabchok Pelzang (blo tsA ba skyabs mchog dpal bzang), and Lotsāwa Drakpa Gyeltsen (blo tsA ba grags pa rgyal mtshan, 1352–1405), and members of the Sakya Zhitokpa (bzhi thog pa) family, came to Zhalu to receive teachings from him ...
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... The latter text, renowned in Tibet simply as "The Great Chinese Commentary" (rgya cher 'grel pa), was referenced extensively by Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) in his Essence of Elegance (legs bshad snying po) ...
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... He also received teachings in Madhyamaka philosophy, Śāntideva's (685–763) Bodhicaryāvatāra, as well as the Graduated Path (lam rim) teachings of Atiśa (a ti sha, 972/982–1054/1055) and Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa, 1357–1419) ...
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At the age of twenty-nine, he received teachings on several works by Tsongkapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) and on the Guhyagarbha Tantra and other texts from Lushul Khenpo Konme (klu shul mkhan po dkon me, 1859-1936), one of the ‘four great khenpos' of Dodrubchen Monastery (rdo grub chen dgon)
In addition to the teachers listed above, Choktrul also studied with Yakshul Khenpo Lodro (yag shul mkhan po blo gros, d.u.), Apang Terton Pawo Choying Dorje (a pang gter ston dpa' bo chos dbyings rdo rje, 1895-1945), Terse Dorje Dradul (gter sras rdo rje dgra 'dul, 1891-1959), Katok Khenpo Lekshe Jorden (kaH thog mkhan po legs bshad 'byor ldan, d.u.), Amchok Jamyang Khyenrab Gyatso (a mchog 'jam dbyangs mkhyen rab rgya mtsho, 1903-1958), and many others ...
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... The Nechung (gnas chung) and Gadong (dga' gdong) oracles identified him as a reincarnation of Jamyang Choje Tashi Pelden ('jam dbyangs chos rje bkra shis ldan 1379–1449), a disciple of Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa 1357–1419), by publicly referring to him as "Jamyang Namkha Norbu" ('jam dbyangs nam mkha' nor bu) and "Jamyang Choje." Jamyang Choje Tashi Pelden is considered as the tenth preincarnation of the Jebtsundampa Khutugtu line ...
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... He was ordained as a monk at Tsetang Monastery (rtse thang), which at that time was still a Kagyu monastery, but appears to have already been in the process of converting to the Geluk tradition, since while he was there, Tashi Pelden is said to have memorized Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa's (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) the Golden Garland of Eloquence (legs bshad gser phreng). ...
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He studied Lamrim (lam rim) and Lojong (blo sbyong) with Choje Jamyang Drakpa and received commentarial teachings on the texts of Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) from Nyenton Shakya Gyeltsen (nyan ston shAkya rgyal mtshan pa, d.u.) at Rinchen Drak (rin chen brag). ...
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... The Third Tranye, Ngawang Tubten Gyatso (pra nye 03 ngag dbang thub bstan rgya mtsho, 1836–1869), who was a disciple of his previous incarnation, gave him the transmission of the collected works of Je Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) and those of his two disciples, as well as the collected works of the Third Changkya Rolpai Dorje (lcang skya 03 rol pa'i rdo rje, 1717–1786), the Second Jamyang Zhepa Konchok Jigme Wangpo ('jam dbyangs bzhad pa 02 dkon mchog 'jigs med dbang po, 1728–1791), and the Third Gungtang Konchok Tenpai Dronme (gung thang 03 dkon mchog bstan pa'i sgron me, 1762–1823). ...
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... Among his students were Taklung Lotsāwa Namkha Zangpo (stag lung lo tsā ba nam mkha'a grags po), to whom he taught both Kālacakra and grammar; Chennga Drakpa Jangchub (spyan snga grags pa byang chub), his nephew and biographer Lotsāwa Drakpa Gyeltsen (lo tsA ba grags pa rgyal mtshan, 1352-1405), and Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) ...
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... He had many paintings made, and was said to have commissioned over one thousand statues of Tsongkhapa in addition to many others, particularly for the Mahākāla temple ...
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... There she studied the works of Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357–1419) and his disciples, and so is counted as a disciple of Tsongkhapa himself. ...
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... 1405), who ironically was the first critic of Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419), the teacher to most of his colleagues ...
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... The famous oracle, who was a close confidant of Tsongkhapa (rje tsong kha pa, 1357-1419), advised his parents, "if you send him to study under Tsongkhapa and others in central Tibet, it will be a great benefit to the teachings." The parents agreed, and after some time the boy took novice vows in his native Markham, though they declined to send him to central Tibet. ...
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... Thereafter in the earth-mouse year of the eleventh sexagenary cycle in 1648 Tolungwa Konchok Chozang was enthroned to the seat of Ganden Tripa as its thirty-ninth lineage that started from Tsongkhapa, the founder of the tradition ...
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Among Kunga Pelden's additions to the monastery were a golden statue of Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa, 1004-1064) in the Central Hall; a highly crafted embroidery-thanka of Mañjuśrī made from the gold threaded brocade of China; and a famous statue of Yamāntaka. ...
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... The fifteenth century also saw the emergence of a new religious tradition, the Geluk, or Gandenpa (dga' ldan pa), as the disciples of Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa, 1357-1419) then called themselves. ...
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Together they travelled westward to study with Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) and Jamyang Choje Tashi Pelden ('jam dbyangs chos rje bkra shis dpal ldan, 1379-1449), the founder of Drepung Monastery ('bras spungs dgon) ...
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... He spent the next three summers at Wensa, however, receiving further teachings and transmissions from Sanggye Yeshe, including the Ganden Mahāmudrā of Tsongkhapa ...
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At the age of six he was taken to meet the treasure revealer Chaktrul Rolwai Dorje (lcags sprul rol ba'i rdo rje, 1847–1915), who was renowned as an emanation of Gyelwa Chokyang (rgyal ba mchog dbyangs)
... With great diligence he mastered the writings of Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357–1419) and his disciples, as well as the treatises of Jamyang Zhepai Dorje ('jam dbyangs bzhad pa'i rdo rje, 1648–1721/1722) ...
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The young man traveled to central Tibet in search of additional teachers and encountered Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419), the founder of the Geluk tradition and the most influential lama of his era ...
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... He also received numerous teachings including commentarial transmission on Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo (lam rim chen mo) and Madhyamika commentaries from the Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 07 bskal bzang rgya mtsho 1708-1757) ...
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... During this trip Jangchub Tsemo gave teachings to Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357–1419) at the Pakpa Lhakhang ('phags pa lha khang), the seventh-century temple structure that would later form the foundation of the Potala Palace (po ta la). ...
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Jaganmitrānanda/Mitrayogin is also famous for his Letter to King Candra (candrarājalekha) which is quoted extensively in the middle section of Tsongkhapa's (tsong kha pa, 1357-1419) Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path (lam rim chen mo) ...
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... Thereafter he went to Tashilhunpo (bkra shis lhun po) monastery in Shigatse and became a disciple of Drakpa Gyatso (grags pa rgya mtsho), one of the disciples of Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang drags pa, 1357-1419) who was said to have the power of vision to view deities ...
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He started his training at Gomang beginning with Parchin Dzindra (phar phyin 'dzin grwa), a class of the Perfection of Wisdom studies, memorizing all the root treatises, comparing commentaries, and analyzing interpretations of Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa, 1357-1419) and his disciples ...
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... He was soon appointed as the House Master of his house (kham tshan) and despite his poverty he sponsored a human-size statue of Tsongkhapa and installed in his house. ...
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In 1574, at age thirteen or fourteen, Peljor Lhundrub's father took him for a visit to Dakpo College (dwags po grwa tshang), a Geluk a teaching institution in southeastern Tibet founded by a student of Tsongkhapa, Lodro Tenpa (blo gros bstan pa, d.u.) or Lodro Gyatso (blo gros rgya mtsho, d.u.) in 1473 ...
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... He became recognized for his scholarship on the Abhidharmakośa, and is listed in the transmission lineage that passed from Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) to the Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 05 ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho, 1617-1682) ...
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Rinchen Peldzom was highly skilled in embroidery, and sources note that she embroidered eight images of Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) and his two disciples, Khedrub Gelek Pelzang (mkha grub dge legs dpal bzang, 1385-1438) and Darma Rinchen (dar ma rin chen, 1364-1432) ...
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Śākya Yeshe likely first encountered Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) in the first years of the fifteenth century ...
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He is remembered as a generous donor to his monastery, sponsoring the installation of statues of Tsongkhapa and other figures in multiple temples. ...
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In 1410, he traveled to U and met Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419), from whom he received teachings on Vinaya and Abhidharma ...
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Sherab Wozer studied extensively with his Geluk teacher: he received the two traditions of the Generation of the Enlightened Mind, the Kadam teachings of the Profound View (zab mo lta ba) and the Vast Conduct (rgya chen spyod pa), Śāntideva’s Śikṣasamuccaya and Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra, the Mahāyānasūtrasamuccaya, Asaṅga’s Bodhisattvabhūmi and Samvaraviṃśaka, and Nāgārjuna’s Generation of the Absolute Truth’s Enlightened Mind (don dam sems bskyed). Moreover, he received from several other masters Maitreya’s Five Treatises (byams chos lnga), Asaṅga’s Yogācārabhūmi, Asaṅga’s Two Compendia (sdom rnam gnyis), Nāgārjuna’s Collection of the Middle Path’s Reasonings (dbu ma rigs tshogs), the Collection of Advices (gtam tshogs), the Collection of Hymns (bstod tshogs), Nāgārjuna’s Bodhicittavivaraṇa, the Pañcakrama, Tsongkapa’s (tsong kha pa, 1357–1419) Gradual Path of the Sūtras (mdo'i lam rim) and Great Path of the Mantras (sngags rim chen mo).
Sherab Wozer also had close ties with Mingyur Kunga Pelzang (mi 'gyur kun dga' dpal bzang), a Tulku Dawa (sprul sku zla ba), and Zhikpo Gargyi Wangchuk (zhig po gar gyi dbang phyug, 1524–1583), also known as Zhikpo Lingpa (zhig po gling pa)
... He developed also a strong and mutual appreciation with Jangdak Tashi Tobgyel (byang dag bkra shis stobs rgyal, c.1550–1602) who happened to move his yogic community to the Dorje Drak area before his son Rigdzin Ngakgi Wangpo (rig 'dzin ngag gi dbang po, 1580–1639) formally established Dorje Drak Monastery there. ...
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... His parents wanted him to study under the guidance of the famed teacher Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) ...
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Damcho Gyatso then enrolled in Gyume College, focusing his studies on the tantric teachings of Tsongkhapa ...
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Together they went west to study with Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) and Jamyang Choje Tashi Pelden ('jam dbyangs chos rje bkra shis dpal ldan, 1379-1449), the founder of Drepung Monastery ('bras spungs dgon) ...
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... He is also included in lists of students of Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa, 1357–1419) alongside Go Lotsāwa Zhonnu Pel ('gos lo tsA ba gzhon nu dpal, 1392–1481) in the biographies of Tsongkhapa, although no details of what he might have received from Tsongkhapa are available, and this connection would have likely happened late in his life. ...
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Taktsang is perhaps best known for his critique of Tsongkhapa's (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) interpretation of Madhyamaka philosophy, specifically Tsongkhapa's Madhyamaka-Pramāṇika synthesis ...
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In 1964 the Ninety-Sixth Ganden Tripa, Tubten Kunga (dga' ldan khri pa 96 thub bstan kun dga', 1891–1964)—who had not been able to escape from Tibet due to his age and health—died in Lhasa
... The tradition of Ganden Tripa began in the spring of 1420, when Gyeltsab Je Darma Rinchen (rgyal tshab rje dar ma rin chen, 1364–1432) ascended the throne of Ganden Monastery (dga' ldan) to succeed Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (rje tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357–1419), the founder of the monastery ...
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... Buton transmitted it to Rendawa Zhonnu Lodro (red mda' ba gzhon nu blo gros, 1349-1412), who taught it to Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1457-1519). ...
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... He stayed primarily at Kumbum (sku 'bum) Monastery, which marks the spot of Tsongkhapa's birth ...
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Although he then made his way to Densatil (gdan sa mthil), the symbolic birthplace of the Pakmodru regime, due to the lack of a translator Vanaratna was unable to meet Drakpa Gyeltsen (grags pa rgyal mtshan, 1374–1432), the fifth head of the Pakmodru who had been a significant patron of Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa, 1357-1419) ...
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Tsongkhapa Lobsang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419), who founded the Geluk tradition, extensively cited Woncheuk's Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra commentary in his Essence of Elegance (legs bshad snying po), his famous treatise on the differentiation between interpretable and definitive statements in the Yogācāra and Madhyamaka scriptures ...
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... This incarnation line, also known as the Olga Jedrung ('ol dga' rje drung), traces its origin to Baso Chokyi Gyeltsen (ba so chos kyi rgyal mtshan, 1402-1473), who was a disciple of Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) and the younger brother of Khedrubje Gelek Pelzang (mkhas grub rje dge legs dpal bzang, 1385-1438) ...
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... At Sera Monastery, which had only recently been founded (in 1419), he received teachings on Nāgārjuna's reasoning corpus and other Madhyamaka treatises from the great Gungru Gyeltsen Zangpo (gung ru rgyal mtshan bzang po, 1383–1450), the third throne-holder, who had studied with Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) in his youth ...
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... His father, Jangdak Tashi Tobgyel (byang bdag bkra shis stobs rgyal, c.1550-1603), had been a close student of the Second Dorje Drak Rigdzin, Lekden Dorje (rdo rje brag rig 'dzin 02 legs ldan rdo rje, 1452-1565), and was known as the incarnation of Lekden Dorje's brother, Ngari Paṇchen Pema Wangyel (mnga' ris paN chen pad+ma dbang rgyal, 1487-1542), an important lineage holder in the Jangter (byang gter), or Northern Treasures tradition
... In one story, Drula Monastery ('bru la dgon) had a one-story golden statue of Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) ...
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... He stopped over in Dharamsala to where the Dalai Lama gave him the transmission for Tsongkhapa's (P64 tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357-1419) famous poem Three Principal Aspects of the Path (lam gyi gtso bo rnam gsum) and then in Tilokpur, reputed to be the practice site of Tilopa ...
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At the age of forty-seven, Tsultrim Dargye was re-ordained into a fully ordained-monk by the Fifth Dalai Lama at the Potala Palace (po ta la) according to the tradition of Kashmiri Pandit Śākyaśrībhadra (kha che paN DI ta shA kya shrI) that passed through Tsongkhapa ...
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