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... Western Bhutan had only recently been unified under Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal, 1594-1651), and its defense forces dealt the joint Tibetan and Mongolian forces their first defeat; the expedition was crushed and twenty five of its leaders were captured ...
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... Dudul Dorje had little reason to promote a figurehead of the Geluk tradition, so, instead, passages in his revelations praise the Dalai Lama's rivals, namely the Tenth Karmapa Choying Dorje (karma pa 10 chos dbyings rdo rje, 1604–1674), Sakya Dakchen Tutob Wangchuk, and the political founder of Bhutan, Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal, 1594–1651) ...
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As a boy he was identified as the reincarnation of the Third Zhabdrung, Jigme Drakpa (zhabs drung 03 'jigs med grags pa, 1791-1830), and thus the fourth mind emanation of the great Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal, 1594-1651). ...
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... Based on colophons of his work, he appears to have been a student of the First Druk Zhabdrung of Bhutan, Ngawang Namgyel (ngag dbang rnam rgyal, 1594–1651), placing the initial version of Karma Wangdzin's life in the first half of the seventeenth century.[1] ...
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... In Tibet, a dispute over the incarnation of the famous Drukpa Kagyu master Pema Karpo (padma dkar po, 1527–1592) had split the Drukpa followers into two camps: those who believed Zhabdrung Rinpoche (zhabs drung rin po che, 1594–1651) to be the legitimate heir and those who preferred Paksam Wangpo (dpag bsam dbang po, 1593–1641) ...
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The following year, the Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpai Dorje (karma pa 16 rang byung rig pa'i rdo rje, 1924–1981) and the Eleventh Tai Situ, Pema Wangchok Gyelpo (ta'i si tu 11 padma dbang mchog rgyal po, 1886–1952), recognized him as the mind-emanation of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal 1594–1651), the Drukpa Kagyu lama who first united Bhutan in the seventeenth century ...
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... Modern Bhutan was just being founded at this time by the Tibetan lama Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (P509 zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal, 1594-1651) of the Drukpa Kagyu tradition; he had fled there from Tsang in 1616 to avoid arrest by the Tsang King, who had opposed and rejected his claim of being the incarnation of the Fourth Drukchen, Padma Karpo (P825, 'brug chen pad+ma dkar po, 1527-1592). In exile, the Zhabdrung had been welcomed by the Drukpa Kagyu community in the western valleys of Thimpu (thim pu) and Punakha (spu na kha) and had assumed leadership mainly by popular acclaim ...
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... Tsewang Tenzin was also a distant cousin of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal; 1594-1651), linking him to the important Gya (rgya) lineage of Ralung. ...
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Shortly after his birth, Jamgon was brought to Punakha (spu na kha) to meet Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal, 1594-1651). The Zhabdrung was reportedly very enthusiastic, as the boy came from a family of patrons who had helped him establish himself in Bhutan only years before. The Zhabdrung named the boy Druk Peljor ('brug dpal 'byor) and gave him protective blessings and substances ...
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... This clan, Drukpa Kagyu followers who were strong in both Tsang and Bhutan, were rivals to Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal, 1594-1651) ...
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... In 1616, when Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal, 1594-1651) came to Bhutan and established the dual system of civil and monastic administration, Dung Dung Namkha Gyeltsen's descendants offered him Humral Dzong, together with its sacred images ...
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... As his popularity and fame spread, even the great Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal, 1594-1651) developed great regard and admiration for him. ...
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... His rival was Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam rgyal, 1594-1651) ...
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