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When Tāranātha's successor, Sanggye Gyatso (sangs rgyas rgya mtsho), passed away in 1635, Rinchen Gyatso came to Tāranātha's monastery of Takden Damcho Ling (rtag brtan dam chos gling), and was enthroned on the monastic seat ...

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Shortly before his death, Tāranātha appointed his disciple Sanggye Gyatso (sangs rgyas rgya mtsho, d.u.) as his successor on the monastic seat of Takten Damcho Ling and made many prophetic statements about the Jonang tradition and the great political troubles that would soon sweep through Tibet ...

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