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... His father had initially been ordained and had been assigned as an abbatial candidate, or zhabdrung (zhabs drung), of Ngor from the Tartse Labrang, but when the Drangti family line was at risk of ending in the 1860s, his maternal great uncle Jamyang Rinchen Dorje ('jam dbyangs rin chen rdo rje, 1837–1901), who served as the fifty-eighth abbot of Ngor, had him disrobe and marry.[1]
... He was also identified as the reincarnation of the fifty-fifth abbot of Ngor, Jampa Kunga Tenpai Gyeltsen (byams pa kun dga' bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan, 1829–1870) of the Tartse Labrang.[2] His maternal great-uncle, the fifty-eighth abbot of Ngor, Jamyang Rinchen Dorje ('jam dbyangs rin chen rdo rje, 1837–1901), gave him novice ordination and Lamdre teachings and empowerments ...
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As a child Jamyang Kunzang Tubten Chokyi Gyeltsen was identified as the reincarnation of the fifty-eighth Ngor abbot, Jamyang Rinchen Dorje ('jam dbyangs rin chen rdo rje, 1837–1901).[4] His maternal uncle, the sixty-third Ngor abbot, trained him and assigned him, as a young child, to the position of Tartse Zhabdrung (thar rtse zhabs drung), meaning the abbatial candidate of Ngor from the Tartse Labrang.[5] He received the Lamdre instructions and all three monastic vows from his uncle.[6] He studied with other masters as well, including Nyendrak Tarpa (snyan grags thar pa), a lama from a nomad family of Amdo, who taught him grammar and other subjects.[7] ...
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... Namkha Zangpo had ordained young and was in line to become abbot of Ngor through the Tartse Labrang (thar rtse bla brang), but in order to continue the Drangti line, Jampa Kunga Tenpai Gyeltsen's maternal nephew, the fifty-eighth abbot of Ngor Jamyang Rinchen Dorje ('jam dbyangs rin chen rdo rje, 1837–1901) had Namkha Zangpo—his own maternal nephew—return his vows and marry.[1] ...
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... This occurred during the abbacy of his mother's brother, the fifty-eighth Ngor abbot, Jamyang Rinchen Dorje ('jam dbyangs rin chen rdo rje, 1837–1901) ...
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According to Jamgon Kongtrul (byam mngon kong sprul, 1813–1899), in Kham, Jamyang Namkha Gyeltsen was also a teacher to Jamyang Rinchen Dorje ('jam dbyangs rin chen rdo rje, 1837–1901), who would later serve as the fifty-eighth Ngor abbot, and to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo ('jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po, 1820–1892) ...
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... His main teacher was the fifty-eighth Ngor abbot, Jamyang Rinchen Dorje ('jam dbyangs rin chen rdo rje, 1837–1901), who was his great-great uncle on his mother's side (Rinchen Dorje's sister was the mother of his maternal grandfather, Namkha Zangpo) ...
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Having returned to Yushu, Ngawang Lekpa received Lamdre teachings at Jyegu Dondrub Ling Monastery (skye rgu don 'grub gling), where the Fifty-eighth Ngor Khenchen Rinchen Dorje (ngor mkhan chen 58 rin chen rdo rje,1837-1901) was visiting ...
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