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... He entered the monastic community at an early age and advanced through successive stages of ordination, first under the Eighth Je Khenpo, Tenzin Norbu (bstan 'dzin nor bu, 1689–1744; tenure 1738–1744), and subsequently under the Ninth Je Khenpo, Śākya Rinchen (shA kya rin chen, 1710–1759; tenure 1744–1754), from whom he also received tantric empowerments and instructions. ...
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When Shākya Rinchen was thirty-five, the Eighth Je Khenpo, Tendzin Norbu ('brug rje mkhan po 08 bstan 'dzin nor bu, 1689-1744) resigned from his post due to ill health, and Shākya Rinchen was installed as the Ninth Je Khenpo. ...
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