b.early 11th cent. – d.late 11th cent. Tradition: Nyingma རྙིང་མ། Geography: Purang County སྤུ་ཧྲེང་རྫོང། Historical Period: 11th Century ༡༡ དུས་རབས། Name variants: Jangchub Dorje བྱང་ཆུབ་རྡོ་རྗེ། ; Langlab ལང་ལབ། Langlab Jangchub Dorje’s (lang lab byang chub rdo rje) life is heavily shrouded in legend, closely wrapped in the lineage history of the Vajrakīla tradition. He is said to have suffered greatly at the hands of his paternal relatives. To help him through his difficulties, Dre Atsara Sale (‘bre a tsara sa le), an accom...
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(Written by a member of the Bio team) Day 1: New Jersey What an amazing day. It’s been non-stop since the moment I woke up. Our first stop was to Rinpoche’s old house in Howell, New Jersey. I recognised it immediately from the old photos we had seen of Rinpoche’s home. I felt...
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Kelzang Gyatso was born in the region of Litang in Kham. His birth was said to have been accompanied by wonders, including the infant’s utterance of marvelous words...
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The Eighty-fifth Ganden Tripa, Lobzang Tsultrim Pelden was born in Tolung Ragkor in 1839. The names of his parents are not known, but they were said to be descended from...
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The 69th Ganden Tripa, Jangchub Chopel was born in Litang in Kham in 1756. At the age of 12, his crown-hair was cut by Lama Dongnak of Sampel Ling Monastery...
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Wensapa Lobzang Dondrub was born in Lhaku in Tsang, in a place called Wensa in 1505. His father was Sonam Dorje and his mother was Pel Dzomkyi...
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The Twenty-eighth Ganden Tripa, Gendun Gyeltsen was born at Lumpa Shar in Lhasa in 1532. He was admitted to Sera Monastic University at the young age...
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The Twenty-sixth Ganden Tripa, Damcho Pelbar was born at Khangmar Shar in Ne, Tsang in 1523. He was admitted at young age to Ne Chode where he became a monk...
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The Second Pabongkha, Dechen Nyingpo was born in 1878 in Yutok Shar. At the age of two his mother took him to see the Eighty-first Ganden Trichen, Ngawang Norbu...
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The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso was born in the territory of Mon Tawang in March 1683. The search for the reincarnation of the Fifth Dalai Lama was conducted by the Regent Sanggye Gyatso...
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The Twentieth Ganden Tripa, Chodrak Zangpo was born in Takpu, Uto in 1493. He was admitted at a young age in the Takpu Chode where he became a monk...
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The Eighty-first Ganden Tripa, Ngawang Norbu was born in Zungchu in Amdo. He was later said to be an emanation of Mahasiddha Sarahapa, one of the mahasiddhas of the eighth century in India...
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The Third Purchok Jampa Gyatso was born in the pasture land of Dzachu Aurtok in Kham. At the age of five, having been identified as the reincarnation of the Second Purchok...
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Jedrung Lhawang Chokyi Gyeltsen was born in 1537 in Kham. He had considerable aptitude in reading and writing, and had a strong desire to become a monk...
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Gendun Drub was born to a family of nomadic farmers in 1391 near Sakya in Tsang. According to legend, on the night he was born, the family’s camp was attacked by bandits...
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The Twenty-first Ganden Tripa, Gelek Pelzang was born in Olkha Gyangsar in 1505, the wood-ox year of the eighth sexagenary cycle...
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The Fifth Panchen Lama, Lobzang Yeshe was born in 1663. At the age of 4, he was recognized by the Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso as the reincarnation of the Fourth Panchen Lama...
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Sherab Sengge was born in 1383 in a place called Gurme in Tsang. It is said that he did not like people coming to his home but that he showed signs of interest in religion...
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Sonam Gyatso was born in 1543 in the Kyisho region of U to a family with strong ties to the Sakya tradition and the Pakmodru rulers of Tsang...
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The Sakya master known as Muchen Sempa Chenpo Konchok Gyeltsen was born in the Mu valley of Tibet in 1388. When he was nine, he took monastic ordination with Wang Opa...
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