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A Brief Biography of Tāranātha

by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche

Jonang Jetsün Kunga Nyingpo, or Lord Tāranātha as he is generally known, was born in Chökhor Ding on the eighth day of the sixth month of the Wood Pig year of the tenth calendrical cycle ().

His father was Namgyal Puntsok, a descendant of Ra Lotsawa, and his mother was Dorje Buga Lhamo.

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As soon as the child was born his grandfather gave him the name Pema Sichö Dorje.

When the boy was in his fourth year, he was invited by Khen Lungrik Gyatso, at the behest of the governor of Nakartsé, and enthroned at Chölung Jangtsé as the incarnation of Lama Kunga Drolchok.[1] Once there he learned to read and write all by himself even without the aid of a tutor.

In his eighth year, he took ordination from Taklungpa Kunga Gyaltsen and received the name Kunga Nyingpo Tashi Gyaltsen. (The name Tāranātha was bestowed in a vision by the emanated Indian guide Jvālanātha.)

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