Periods: Later Masters (16th–18th)
Ngawang Trinle
Ngawang Trinle (ngag dbang ‘phrin las) was born in the Chozar (chos zar) region of Tsang in central Tibet in 1657. At the age of sixteen he took ordination from…
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Jetsun Taranatha was born at Karag (kha rag) in the hereditary line of the great Tibetan translator Ra Lotsawa Dorje Drak. His Tibetan name was Kunga Nyingpo, but he is…
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Buddhagupta was the youngest of eight sons of a rich merchant in the great city of Indra-liṅga, near Rasmi-śwara on the shores of the ocean. While still young, he attended…
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Traveled from Takten Damcho Ling Monastery in Central Tibet to live in Dzamthang for 12 years. Recieved the full Kalachakra transmissions from Taranatha and Kunga Rinchen Gyatso. In the year…
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