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Subsequently, he received the vows of full ordination (bhikṣu) from Depa Nagkyi Khenchen (sde pa nags kyi mkhan chen, d.u.) at Nartang Monastery (snar thang chos gwra) according to the tradition of Lume (klu mes) and became a lineage holder in Vinaya.
He then met, at the age of twenty-nine, in 1150, Dzamton Drowai Gonpo ('dzam ston 'gro ba'i mgon po, d.u.) a disciple of Zur Sh ākya Sengge (zur shAkya seng ge, 1074-1134), from whom he received the important Nyingma Kama (bka' ma) teachings of the Guhyagarbha, the semde (sems sde) class of Dzogchen, and the Four Root Tantra (rtsa ba'i mdo bzhi)
The monastery was, according to its official history, fully Nyingma from its founding, focusing on the lineage of the Nub (gnubs) and Zur families, although it is more likely that in the twelfth century the Nyingma and Kagyu traditions were less distinct than they might be thought to be now, and the Cakrasaṃvara, Kālacakra and Hevajra traditions were practiced from the beginning. ...
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