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A teacher of Ngawang Puntsok Döndrup and The Second Dzongsar Khyentse, Jamyang Chökyi Lodrö. +
A remarkable master who lived at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. He wrote ''The Great Medicine that Conquers Clinging to the Notion of Reality'' (''Byang chub kyi sems bsgom pa'i rim pa bdag 'dzin 'joms pa'i sman chen''). He was a disciple of the greatest luminaries of the nineteenth century, including Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye, and Lama Mipam Rinpoche. +
A disciple of Orgyen Tendzin Norbu, he was the nineteenth abbot of Dzogchen's Śrī Siṃha college, the founder and first abbot of Dzongsar's Khamshe monastic college, and the teacher of countless Nyingma, Sakya, and Kagyu lamas. He and his disciples are said to have established nearly one hundred study centers, emphasizing the study of thirteen Indian root texts. +
One of Patrul Rinpoche's main students and his principal biographer. He was also an important student of Mipam Rinpoche and the author of a famous commentary to his ''Beacon of Certainty'' (''Nges shes sgron me''). He is best known, however, for his commentary to the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'', based almost entirely on the teachings he received from Patrul Rinpoche. He was the first khenpo appointed to the shedra of Kathok Monastery, a position he passed on to Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, a.k.a. Khenpo Ngakchung. +
A student of Khenchen Pema Tsewang Gyatso. A teacher of The Fifth Druktrül, Pema Tutop Dorje; The Fourth Tertön Wangchen Gyepai Dorje; Jikme Yeshe Nyingpo, and so forth. +
A prolific author of the Palyul tradition. +
He was known as a master of both sūtra and tantra, mainly focused in the Sakya tradition. He was also a specialist in astrology, skilled at drawing charts. He strictly observed the Vinaya, not eating after noon. +
According to Fredrik Liland, nothing further is known about Kalyāṇadeva (Dge ba'i lha), aside from being the author of the ''Bodhisattvacaryāvatārasaṃskāra''. But his commentary is thought to be not as exhaustive and rich of citations as Prajñākaramati’s ''Pañjikā''. +
A student of Mipam Gyatso. +
A renowned scholar born in Chisa in the Amdo Rebgong region. A student of Dzong Ngon Lodoe Tshang, Tsang Geshe Tshang, Zhwamar Pandita, Jampa Lobsang, Dzoge Lobsang Gyatsho, Horchen Yeshe Gyatsho, etc. He was an important holder of Tsongkhapa's transmission of the Whisper Lineage (Snyan rgyud). His primary students were Tulku Jamyang Thinle Wangpo, Dzongkar Jigme Sherab Dagpa, Tulku Jigme Thinle Lhundup, Nangso Kukey, and Khaso Chogtrul. +
Wrote an interlinear commentary (''mchan 'grel'') on the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra''. +
A student of The Fourth Dodrupchen, Jikme Trinle Palbar; Adro Ngawang Norbu; Khenchen Lhagang; Lingla Tupten Trinle Gyatso, etc. A teacher of The Tenth Tingkyé Gönjang, Orgyen Jikme Trinle Kunkhyap; Minling Khotrul; Gyalse Tulku, etc. +
Celebrated contemporary Sakya scholar who held the office of abbot of Dzongsar Monastery. +
A student of the Second Pabongkha, Dechen Nyingpo, and Tenzin Trinle Kunkhyen. +
A student of Drakyap Lodrö Gyaltsen and Khenchen Appey. +
A student of Gendun Chöpel and The Third Trijang, Lobzang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso. +
A recognized master of Mahāmudrā meditation who has a special, direct transmission of the Shentong philosophical tradition. +
The spiritual leader of Tibet. He was born on July 6, 1935 to a farming family in a small hamlet located in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet. At the age of two, the child, then named Lhamo Dhondup, was recognized as the reincarnation of the previous 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. The Dalai Lamas are believed to be manifestations of Avalokiteśvara, or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and the patron saint of Tibet. +
An eleventh-century scholar from Vikramaśīla, known for producing works on sūtra. According to Karl Brunnhölzl, he likely also authored ''Mahāyānottaratantraśāstraṭippanī'' (''A Commentary on the Meaning of the Words of the "Uttaratantra"''). He is not to be confused with a second Vairocanarakṣita, known also as Vairocanavajra, who lived about a century later and spent time in Tibet in the mid-12th century and who was more focused on tantra and mahāmudrā. +
A student of Khenpo Zhenga Zhenpen Chökyi Nangwa and Chökyi Özer. A teacher of Khyenrab Senge, the 4th abbot of Khamshe Dargye Ling. +
