Ngor mkhan chen, 1st

ངོར་ཆེན་ཀུན་དགའ་བཟང་པོ་
Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (1382 - 1456) Born in: sa skya <br>Tibetan date of birth: Year of the Male Water Dog, 6^th sexagenary cycle. <br>

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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All Names

Main Wylie Name	ngor chen kun dga' bzang po	ངོར་ཆེན་ཀུན་དགའ་བཟང་པོ
Other Names	Ngor Khenchen, 1st

Relationships

Religious Affiliation	Sakya
Is Emanation of
Has Following Emanations
Teachers	grub chen sangs rgyas dpal sa bzang 'phags pa gzhon nu blo gros
Students	Dkon mchog rgyal mtshan go rams pa bsod nams seng ge shAkya mchog ldan Kun dga' legs pa'i rin chen

Links

BDRC	https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P1132
Treasury of Lives	https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Ngorchen-Kunga-Zangpo/2387
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