Ngor mkhan chen, 1st

ངོར་ཆེན་ཀུན་དགའ་བཟང་པོ་

Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo(1382 - 1456) 

Born in:

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sa skya

Tibetan date of birth:

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Year of the Male Water Dog, 6^th sexagenary cycle.

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Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo was one of the most famous and influential Sakya teachers of the fifteenth century. A student of Sharchen Yeshe Gyeltsen and Buddhaśrī, he played an important role in the revitalization of the Sakya tradition following the collapse of Yuan patronage, with the establishment of Ngor Monastery in 1429, and the cultivation of support from Mustang and the Rinpung family in Shigatse. He famously engaged in a polemical debate with Khedrubje over the authenticity of the Sakya Hevajra teachings. Among his disciples were Muchen Sempa Chenpo, Gorampa Sonam Sengge, and Shākya Chokden.

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