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1st dalai lama11/22/2023 He spent the next 12 years studying the classical texts for the geshe degree- Pramanavartika, Madhyamaka, Prajnaparamita, Vinaya and Abhidharma-kośa-principally according to the textbooks by Panchen Sonam Dragpa. Later that year he visited Ganden Monastery and was received by the Shartse and Jangste abbots, whom he apparently recognized, along with the main temple, without introduction. He then memorized many Buddhist texts, including over half of Candrakīrti's Madhyamakāvatāra, and analyzed their meaning. There he took the five upāsaka and the ten śrāmaṇera vows of the prātimokṣa, receiving the name Losang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso Pelsangpo. In 1907, aged 6, he went to Gepel Ling at Reting Monastery, the birthplace of the Kadam teachings of Dromtön in the 10th century. Receiving ordination, teachings, and Tantric initiations From him he received his first teaching, Set of Initiations into Manjushri from the Secret Lineage of Tsongkhapa. In 1906, aged 5, he moved to the Trijang Residence at Chusang Ritroe, where he met Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo. He was invited by the 13th Dalai Lama to the Lhasa Trijang residence in 1904, at the age of 3. "It would be best to recognize the boy born to the Gungtang girl Tsering Drolma in the Iron Bull year as the reincarnation of the former occupant of the Ganden throne." Upon being given a list of names of several boys who had shown encouraging signs, the 13th Dalai Lama said: This and other signs led the search party to conclude that they had probably found the correct incarnation. The child also correctly identified the former Trijang Rinpoche's private Buddha statue, rosary and bowl from among a selection. Gendun Dragpa used to wash the feet of Losang Tsultrim Palden when he had rheumatism. When the child saw them, he yelled out: "Gendun Dragpa!" and later asked him to wash his feet. When news of his precocious actions reached Ngarampa Losang Tendar and Geshe Gendun Dragpa Chen, who were responsible for finding the reincarnation of Losang Tsultrim Palden, who was the Ganden Tripa and former Trijang Rinpoche, they travelled to his birthplace of Gungtang. According to A Short Biography of Trijang Rinpoche, by Lobsang Palden Tenzin Yargye, before Trijang could walk he showed great interest in religious paintings, statues, and Tantric ritual implements and would make as if he was reciting prayers. Allegedly, an apricot tree flowered and had 30 apricots at his birth even though it was deep winter. Trijang Rinpoche was born in Gungtang in the winter of 1901, the "Year of Increase" or the "Iron Bull year". His mother, Tsering Drolma, came from the village of Gungtang Nanggong. Trijang Rinpoche's father, Tserin Dondrub, was descended from the uncle of the 7th Dalai Lama, and was knowledgeable in religion. Trijang Rinpoche's oral teachings were recorded by Zimey Rinpoche in a book called the Yellow Book. He was also a lama of many Gelug lamas who taught in the West including Zong Rinpoche, Geshe Rabten, Lama Yeshe, Kelsang Gyatso, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. He succeeded Ling Rinpoche as the junior tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama when the Dalai Lama was nineteen years old. The Third Trijang Rinpoche, Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (1901–1981) was a Gelugpa Lama and a direct disciple of Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo. Tibetan Gelugpa lama (1901–1981) Kyabje Trjang Rinpoche (1901-1981) Ling Rinpoche, the Dalai Lama and Trijang Rinpoche at Hyderbad House, N.Delhi.
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