'jam dbyangs bzhad pa'i rdo rje

འཇམ་དབྱངས་བཞད་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་
Jamyang Zhepai Dorje (1648 - 1721/1722)

Jamyang Zhepai Dorje, the First Jamyang Zhepa, was a noted scholar and prominent Geluk lama, a self-styled defender of Geluk orthodoxy against syncretic and ecumenical trends in the tradition. A native of Amdo, he was educated at Drepung and Gyume monasteries, later serving as abbot of Drepung Gomang Monastery and composing most of the texts for its monastic curriculum. During his tenure he was a staunch supporter of Lhazang Khan and an opponent of Desi Sanggye Gyatso, the Fifth Dalai Lama's regent. Having gained fame in Lhasa, he returned to Amdo in 1709 and founded Labrang Tashikhyil, which grew to become one of the major Geluk monasteries in the Tibetan region. He later established a Tantric school there and also at Gonlung Jampa Ling.
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Main Wylie Name	'jam dbyangs bzhad pa'i rdo rje	འཇམ་དབྱངས་བཞད་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ
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Primary Affiliation	Drepung Monastery
Religious Affiliation	Geluk
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BDRC	http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/P423
Treasury of Lives	https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Jamyang-Zhepai-Dorje/6646
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