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[[File:Sakya Trizin 41.jpg|thumb|Ngawang Kunga,the 41st Sakya Trizin]]
 
[[File:Sakya Trizin 41.jpg|thumb|Ngawang Kunga,the 41st Sakya Trizin]]
  
Sakya Trizin (Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་ཁྲི་འཛིན།, ZYPY: Sa'gya Chizin, literally "Sakya Throne Holder"; Chinese: 萨迦法王 or 萨迦崔津) or Sa'gya Gongma Rinboqê (གོང་མ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།) is the traditional title of the head of the [[Sakya]] Order of [[Tibetan Buddhism]].
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[[Sakya Trizin]] ([[Tibetan]]: {{BigTibetan|ས་སྐྱ་ཁྲི་འཛིན།}}, ZYPY: Sa'gya Chizin, literally "[[Sakya Throne Holder]]"; {{Wiki|Chinese}}: 萨迦法王 or 萨迦崔津) or Sa'gya Gongma Rinboqê ({{BigTibetan|གོང་མ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།}}) is the [[traditional]] title of the head of the [[Sakya]] Order of [[Tibetan Buddhism]].
  
The Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism was founded in 1073, when Khon Konchog Gyalpo (a.k.a. Kön Gönqog Gyäbo), a member of Tibet’s noble Khön (Koin) family, established a monastery in the region of Sakya, Tibet, which became the headquarters of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. Since that time, the leadership of the Sakya Order has descended within the Khön family.
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The [[Sakya Order]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] was founded in 1073, when [[Khon Konchog Gyalpo]] (a.k.a. [[Kön Gönqog Gyäbo]]), a member of [[Tibet’s]] [[noble]] [[Khön]] (Koin) family, established a [[monastery]] in the region of [[Sakya]], [[Tibet]], which became the headquarters of the [[Sakya Order]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. Since that [[time]], the [[leadership]] of the [[Sakya Order]] has descended within the [[Khön family]].
  
==Current Sakya Trizin==
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==Current [[Sakya Trizin]]==
  
The current Sakya Trizin is the 41st Sakya Trizin. His legal name is "Sakya Trizin" and he is referred to as His Holiness Sakya Trizin. His religious name is Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar Trinley Samphel Wangyi Gyalpo. H.H. Sakya Trizin is considered second only to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the spiritual hierarchy of Tibetan Buddhism.
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The current [[Sakya Trizin]] is the [[41st Sakya Trizin]]. His legal [[name]] is "[[Sakya Trizin]]" and he is referred to as [[His Holiness]] [[Sakya Trizin]]. His [[religious]] [[name]] is Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar Trinley Samphel Wangyi [[Gyalpo]]. H.H. [[Sakya Trizin]] is considered second only to [[His Holiness the Dalai Lama]] in the [[spiritual]] {{Wiki|hierarchy}} of [[Tibetan Buddhism]].
  
Sakya Trizin was born on September 7, 1945 in Tsedong, near Shigatse, Tibet. From his father, Vajradhara Ngawang Kunga Rinchen, he received important initiations and teachings in the Sakya lineage. He began intensive religious study at the age of five. In 1952, he was officially designated as the next Sakya Trizin by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. He continued intensive training from his main teacher Ngawang Lodroe Shenpen Nyingpo and many other famous Tibetan scholars, studying extensively in both the esoteric and exoteric Buddhist traditions. In 1959, at the age of fourteen, he was formally enthroned as head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. In the same year, due to the political situation in Tibet, the Sakya Trizin, his family, and many lamas and monks from the Sakya Monastery relocated to India.
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[[Sakya Trizin]] was born on September 7, 1945 in Tsedong, near [[Shigatse]], [[Tibet]]. From his father, [[Vajradhara]] Ngawang Kunga Rinchen, he received important [[initiations]] and teachings in the [[Sakya lineage]]. He began intensive [[religious]] study at the age of five. In 1952, he was officially designated as the next [[Sakya Trizin]] by [[His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama]]. He continued intensive training from his main [[teacher]] Ngawang Lodroe Shenpen Nyingpo and many other famous [[Tibetan]] [[scholars]], studying extensively in both the [[esoteric]] and [[exoteric]] [[Buddhist traditions]]. In 1959, at the age of fourteen, he was formally enthroned as head of the [[Sakya Order]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. In the same year, due to the {{Wiki|political}} situation in [[Tibet]], the [[Sakya Trizin]], his family, and many [[lamas]] and [[monks]] from the [[Sakya Monastery]] relocated to [[India]].
  
To maintain the unbroken lineage of the Khon family, in 1974 Sakya Trizin consented to requests that he accept Tashi Lhakee, daughter of a noble family from Dege in Kham as his consort. In the same year his first son, H.E.Khondung Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, was born. In 1979, a second son, H.E.Khondung Gyana Vajra Rinpoche was born.
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To maintain the unbroken [[lineage]] of the [[Khon family]], in 1974 [[Sakya Trizin]] consented to requests that he accept Tashi Lhakee, daughter of a [[noble]] family from [[Dege]] in [[Kham]] as his [[consort]]. In the same year his first son, H.E.Khondung [[Ratna Vajra Rinpoche]], was born. In 1979, a second son, H.E.Khondung [[Gyana Vajra]] [[Rinpoche]] was born.
  
After leaving Tibet, in 1963, the Sakya Trizin re-established the seat of the Sakya Order in Rajpur, India, building a monastery known as Sakya Centre. Since that time, he has worked tirelessly to preserve the thousand-year-old religious heritage of the Sakya Order and to transmit its teachings to succeeding generations. He founded and directly guides a number of institutions, including Sakya Monastery in Rajpur, Sakya Institute, Sakya College, Sakya Nunnery, Sakya College for Nuns, Sakya Tibetan Settlement, Sakya Hospital, dozens of other monasteries in Tibet, Nepal, and India, and numerous Dharma Centers in many countries.
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After leaving [[Tibet]], in 1963, the [[Sakya Trizin]] re-established the seat of the [[Sakya Order]] in Rajpur, [[India]], building a [[monastery]] known as [[Sakya]] Centre. Since that [[time]], he has worked tirelessly to preserve the thousand-year-old [[religious]] heritage of the [[Sakya Order]] and to transmit its teachings to succeeding generations. He founded and directly guides a number of {{Wiki|institutions}}, including [[Sakya Monastery]] in Rajpur, [[Sakya]] Institute, [[Sakya]] {{Wiki|College}}, [[Sakya]] [[Nunnery]], [[Sakya]] {{Wiki|College}} for [[Nuns]], [[Sakya]] [[Tibetan]] Settlement, [[Sakya]] Hospital, dozens of other [[monasteries]] in [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], and [[India]], and numerous [[Dharma]] Centers in many countries.
  
Sakya Trizin is a highly accomplished Buddhist master respected by all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and teaches widely throughout the world. He has bestowed the extensive Lam Dre teaching cycle, which is the most important teaching of the Sakya Order over 18 times on various continents, and also transmitted major initiation cycles such as Collection of All the Tantras, and the Collection of all the Sadhanas, which contain almost all of the empowerments for the esoteric practices of the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism to hundreds of lineage holders in the next generation of Buddhist teachers. He has trained both of his sons, Khonrig Ratna Vajra Sakya and Khonrig Gyana Vajra Sakya as highly accomplished Buddhist masters, and they both travel widely, teaching Buddhism throughout the world.
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[[Sakya Trizin]] is a highly accomplished [[Buddhist master]] respected by all [[four schools]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] and teaches widely throughout the [[world]]. He has bestowed the extensive [[Lam Dre]] [[teaching]] cycle, which is the most important [[teaching]] of the [[Sakya Order]] over 18 times on various continents, and also transmitted major [[initiation]] cycles such as Collection of All the [[Tantras]], and the Collection of all the [[Sadhanas]], which contain almost all of the [[empowerments]] for the [[esoteric]] practices of the various [[schools of Tibetan Buddhism]] to hundreds of [[lineage]] holders in the next generation of [[Buddhist]] [[teachers]]. He has trained both of his sons, Khonrig [[Ratna]] [[Vajra]] [[Sakya]] and Khonrig [[Gyana Vajra]] [[Sakya]] as highly accomplished [[Buddhist masters]], and they both travel widely, [[teaching]] [[Buddhism]] throughout the [[world]].
  
The year 2009 marked the fiftieth anniversary of Sakya Trizin’s headship of the Sakya Order. The occasion was celebrated as a Golden Jubilee with extensive celebrations and tributes to his success in preserving and maintaining the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism.
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The year 2009 marked the fiftieth anniversary of [[Sakya]] Trizin’s headship of the [[Sakya Order]]. The occasion was celebrated as a Golden Jubilee with extensive {{Wiki|celebrations}} and tributes to his [[success]] in preserving and maintaining the [[Sakya Order]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]].
  
==Sakya Trizin lineage==
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==[[Sakya Trizin]] [[lineage]]==
'''Lharig''', the divine generation
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'''Lharig''', the [[divine]] generation
:According to legend Ciring descended from the Rupadhatu (Realm of Clear Light) to earth.
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:According to legend Ciring descended from the [[Rupadhatu]] ([[Realm]] of [[Clear Light]]) to [[earth]].
 
* Ciring
 
* Ciring
 
* Yuse
 
* Yuse
* Yuring
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* [[Yuring]]
 
* Masang Cije
 
* Masang Cije
* Togsa Pawo Tag
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* Togsa [[Pawo]] Tag
 
* Tagpo Ochen
 
* Tagpo Ochen
* Yapang Kye
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* [[Yapang Kye]]
  
'''Khön family''', the royal generation
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'''[[Khön family]]''', the {{Wiki|royal}} generation
:Because the previous generations subjugated the [[raksha]]s (demons), the family became the Family of Conquerors (Khon gyi dung shortened to Khön) and therefore a royal family.
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:Because the previous generations subjugated the [[raksha]]s ({{Wiki|demons}}), the family became the Family of Conquerors ([[Khon]] gyi dung shortened to [[Khön]]) and therefore a {{Wiki|royal}} family.
* Khön Bar Kye
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* [[Khön]] Bar Kye
* Khön Jekundag, minister of [[Trisong Detsen]], student of [[Padmasambhava]]
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* [[Khön]] Jekundag, minister of [[Trisong Detsen]], student of [[Padmasambhava]]
* Khön Lu'i Wangpo Srungwa
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* [[Khön]] Lu'i Wangpo Srungwa
* Khön Dorje Rinchen
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* [[Khön]] [[Dorje]] Rinchen
* Khön Sherab Yontan
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* [[Khön]] Sherab Yontan
* Khön Yontan Jungne
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* [[Khön]] Yontan Jungne
* Khön Tsugtor Sherab
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* [[Khön]] Tsugtor Sherab
* Khön Gekyab
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* [[Khön]] Gekyab
* Khön Getong
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* [[Khön]] Getong
* Khön Balpo
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* [[Khön]] Balpo
* Khön Shakya Lodro
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* [[Khön]] [[Shakya]] Lodro
* Sherab Tsultrim
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* [[Sherab Tsultrim]]
  
'''Sakya lineage''', generations as Buddhist teachers.
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'''[[Sakya lineage]]''', generations as [[Buddhist]] [[teachers]].
: Khon Konchog Gyalpo founded the monastery in Sakya in 1073, and therefore the lineage was renamed Sakya.
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: [[Khon Konchog Gyalpo]] founded the [[monastery]] in [[Sakya]] in 1073, and therefore the [[lineage]] was renamed [[Sakya]].
  
 
{| class="prettytable"  
 
{| class="prettytable"  
 
!
 
!
!Name
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![[Name]]
!Biographical data
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!Biographical {{Wiki|data}}
 
!Tenure
 
!Tenure
!Tibetan name
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![[Tibetan]] [[name]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1. || [[Khon Konchog Gyalpo]] || 1034–1102 || 1073–1102  
 
| 1. || [[Khon Konchog Gyalpo]] || 1034–1102 || 1073–1102  
 
|-----
 
|-----
| 2. || Bari Lotsawa [[Rinchen Drag]] || 1040–1111 || 1103–1110  
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| 2. || [[Bari Lotsawa]] [[Rinchen Drag]] || 1040–1111 || 1103–1110  
 
|-----
 
|-----
| 3. || Tsewa Chenpo [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]] || 1092–1158 || 1111–1158  
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| 3. || Tsewa [[Chenpo]] [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]] || 1092–1158 || 1111–1158  
 
|-----
 
|-----
| 4. || Loppon Rinpoche [[Sonam Tsemo]] || 1142–1182 || 1159–1171  
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| 4. || [[Loppon Rinpoche]] [[Sonam Tsemo]] || 1142–1182 || 1159–1171  
 
|-----
 
|-----
| 5. || Jetsun Rinpoche [[Dragpa Gyaltsen]] || 1147–1216 || 1172–1215  
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| 5. || Jetsun [[Rinpoche]] [[Dragpa Gyaltsen]] || 1147–1216 || 1172–1215  
 
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| 6. || Choeje [[Sakya Pandita]] || 1182–1251 || 1216–1243  
 
| 6. || Choeje [[Sakya Pandita]] || 1182–1251 || 1216–1243  
 
|-----
 
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| 6a. || regent of Sakya Pandita  ||  || 1243–1264  
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| 6a. || regent of [[Sakya Pandita]] ||  || 1243–1264  
 
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| 7. || [[Drogön Chögyal Phagpa]] || 1235–1280 || 1265–1266<br />1276–1280  
 
| 7. || [[Drogön Chögyal Phagpa]] || 1235–1280 || 1265–1266<br />1276–1280  
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| 13. || [[Jamyang Donyö Gyaltsen]] || 1310–1344 || ca. 1342-1344  
 
| 13. || [[Jamyang Donyö Gyaltsen]] || 1310–1344 || ca. 1342-1344  
 
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| 14. || Lama Dampa [[Sönam Gyaltsen]] || 1312–1375 || 1344–1347  
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| 14. || [[Lama]] [[Dampa]] [[Sönam Gyaltsen]] || 1312–1375 || 1344–1347  
 
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| 15. || [[Tawen Lodrö Gyaltsen]] || 1332–1364 || 1347–1364  
 
| 15. || [[Tawen Lodrö Gyaltsen]] || 1332–1364 || 1347–1364  

Revision as of 11:45, 20 October 2013

Ngawang Kunga,the 41st Sakya Trizin

Sakya Trizin (Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་ཁྲི་འཛིན།, ZYPY: Sa'gya Chizin, literally "Sakya Throne Holder"; Chinese: 萨迦法王 or 萨迦崔津) or Sa'gya Gongma Rinboqê (གོང་མ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།) is the traditional title of the head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism.

The Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism was founded in 1073, when Khon Konchog Gyalpo (a.k.a. Kön Gönqog Gyäbo), a member of Tibet’s noble Khön (Koin) family, established a monastery in the region of Sakya, Tibet, which became the headquarters of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. Since that time, the leadership of the Sakya Order has descended within the Khön family.

Current Sakya Trizin

The current Sakya Trizin is the 41st Sakya Trizin. His legal name is "Sakya Trizin" and he is referred to as His Holiness Sakya Trizin. His religious name is Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar Trinley Samphel Wangyi Gyalpo. H.H. Sakya Trizin is considered second only to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the spiritual hierarchy of Tibetan Buddhism.

Sakya Trizin was born on September 7, 1945 in Tsedong, near Shigatse, Tibet. From his father, Vajradhara Ngawang Kunga Rinchen, he received important initiations and teachings in the Sakya lineage. He began intensive religious study at the age of five. In 1952, he was officially designated as the next Sakya Trizin by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. He continued intensive training from his main teacher Ngawang Lodroe Shenpen Nyingpo and many other famous Tibetan scholars, studying extensively in both the esoteric and exoteric Buddhist traditions. In 1959, at the age of fourteen, he was formally enthroned as head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. In the same year, due to the political situation in Tibet, the Sakya Trizin, his family, and many lamas and monks from the Sakya Monastery relocated to India.

To maintain the unbroken lineage of the Khon family, in 1974 Sakya Trizin consented to requests that he accept Tashi Lhakee, daughter of a noble family from Dege in Kham as his consort. In the same year his first son, H.E.Khondung Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, was born. In 1979, a second son, H.E.Khondung Gyana Vajra Rinpoche was born.

After leaving Tibet, in 1963, the Sakya Trizin re-established the seat of the Sakya Order in Rajpur, India, building a monastery known as Sakya Centre. Since that time, he has worked tirelessly to preserve the thousand-year-old religious heritage of the Sakya Order and to transmit its teachings to succeeding generations. He founded and directly guides a number of institutions, including Sakya Monastery in Rajpur, Sakya Institute, Sakya College, Sakya Nunnery, Sakya College for Nuns, Sakya Tibetan Settlement, Sakya Hospital, dozens of other monasteries in Tibet, Nepal, and India, and numerous Dharma Centers in many countries.

Sakya Trizin is a highly accomplished Buddhist master respected by all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and teaches widely throughout the world. He has bestowed the extensive Lam Dre teaching cycle, which is the most important teaching of the Sakya Order over 18 times on various continents, and also transmitted major initiation cycles such as Collection of All the Tantras, and the Collection of all the Sadhanas, which contain almost all of the empowerments for the esoteric practices of the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism to hundreds of lineage holders in the next generation of Buddhist teachers. He has trained both of his sons, Khonrig Ratna Vajra Sakya and Khonrig Gyana Vajra Sakya as highly accomplished Buddhist masters, and they both travel widely, teaching Buddhism throughout the world.

The year 2009 marked the fiftieth anniversary of Sakya Trizin’s headship of the Sakya Order. The occasion was celebrated as a Golden Jubilee with extensive celebrations and tributes to his success in preserving and maintaining the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism.

Sakya Trizin lineage

Lharig, the divine generation

According to legend Ciring descended from the Rupadhatu (Realm of Clear Light) to earth.

Khön family, the royal generation

Because the previous generations subjugated the rakshas (demons), the family became the Family of Conquerors (Khon gyi dung shortened to Khön) and therefore a royal family.

Sakya lineage, generations as Buddhist teachers.

Khon Konchog Gyalpo founded the monastery in Sakya in 1073, and therefore the lineage was renamed Sakya.
Name Biographical data Tenure Tibetan name
1. Khon Konchog Gyalpo 1034–1102 1073–1102
2. Bari Lotsawa Rinchen Drag 1040–1111 1103–1110
3. Tsewa Chenpo Sachen Kunga Nyingpo 1092–1158 1111–1158
4. Loppon Rinpoche Sonam Tsemo 1142–1182 1159–1171
5. Jetsun Rinpoche Dragpa Gyaltsen 1147–1216 1172–1215
6. Choeje Sakya Pandita 1182–1251 1216–1243
6a. regent of Sakya Pandita 1243–1264
7. Drogön Chögyal Phagpa 1235–1280 1265–1266
1276–1280
8. Rinchen Gyaltsen 1238–1279 1267–1275
7a. Drogön Chögyal Phagpa 2nd reign 1276–1280
9. Dharmapala Rakshita< 1268–1287 1281–1287
10. Sharpa Jamyang Rinchen Gyaltsen 1258–1306 1288–1297
11. Sangpo Pal 1262–1324 1298–1324
12. Namkha Legpa Gyaltsen 1305–1343 ca. 1324–1342
13. Jamyang Donyö Gyaltsen 1310–1344 ca. 1342-1344
14. Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen 1312–1375 1344–1347
15. Tawen Lodrö Gyaltsen 1332–1364 1347–1364
16. Tawen Kunga Rinchen 1339–1399 ca. 1364-1399
17. Lopön Chenpo Gushri Lodrö Gyaltsen 1366–1420 1399–1420
18. Jamyang Namkha Gyaltsen 1398–1472 1421–1441
19. Kunga Wangchuk 1418–1462 1442–1462
20. Gyagar Sherab Gyaltsen 1436–1494 1463–1472
21. Dagchen Lodrö Gyaltsen 1444–1495 1473–1495
22. Kunga Sönam 1485–1533 1496–1533 }
23. Ngagchang Kunga Rinchen 1517–1584 1534–1584
24. Jamyang Sönam Sangpo 1519–1621 1584–1589
25. Dragpa Lodrö 1563–1617 1589–1617
26. Ngawang Kunga Wangyal 1592–1620 1618–1620
27. Ngawang Kunga Sönam 1597–1659 1620–1659
28. Ngawang Sönam Wangchuk 1638–1685 1659–1685
29. Ngawang Kunga Tashi 1656–1711 1685–1711
30. Sönam Rinchen 1705–1741 1711–1741
31. Kunga Lodrö 1729–1783 1741–1783
32. Wangdu Nyingpo 1763–1809 1783–1806
33. Pema Dudul Wangchuk 1792–1853 1806–1843
34. Dorje Rinchen 1819–1867 1843–1845
35. Tashi Rinchen 1824–1865 1846–1865
36. Kunga Sönam 1842–1882 1866–1882
37. Kunga Nyingpo 1850–1899 1883–1899
38. Dzamling Chegu Wangdu 1855–1919 1901–1915
39. Dragshul Trinle Rinchen 1871–1936 1915–1936
40. Ngawang Thutob Wangdrag 1900–1950 1937–1950
41. Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar * 1945 1951–

Source

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