Person:Mkhan po gang shar

Names

Tibetan: ADDTIBETANHERE
Wylie:

• mkhan po gang shar
  
• gang shar dbang po
  
• gang shar dbang po 'jigs med phyogs las rnam rgyal
  

Other Transliterations in use:

• Khenpo Gangshar
  
• Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo
  

Dates

Born: 1925 at bai phug
Died: 1958/1959

Affiliation

He was the root teacher of both Person:Trungpa, Chögyam and Person:Thrangu Rinpoche, and also one of Person:Dezhung Rinpoche's teachers.

Other Biographical Information

TBRC RID: P9526

From TBRC:

biography of mkhan po gang shar

student (not recorded): smin gling gdung sras rin po che tsha ba sprul sku

student (not recorded): 'bru 'jam dbyangs grags pa'i sprul sku

he was recognized by padma rnam rgyal as the dpal sprul dbon rgan sprul sku and given the name byang chub rdo rje; recognized as the incarnation of seng phrug padma bkra shis by the 5th rdzogs chen; recognized the incarnation of gnas gsar bkra 'phel by the kar sras kong sprul; recognized as incarnation of dpal khang chos mdzad lo tsa ba karma phrin las by gter sprul dri med 'od zer

dpal he ru ka kun bzang gang shar dbang po 'jigs med phyogs las rnam par rgyal ba'i rtogs brjod nor bu rin po che yid bzhin dbang gi rgyal po

Main Students

• chos kyi rgya mtsho
• o rgyan bstan 'dzin

Main Teachers

• mkhyen brtse 'od zer

Writings

• Works associated with Mkhan po gang shar in the gdams ngag mdzod catalog

• gsung 'bum/_gang shar dbang po

Kathmandu, Nepal: Thrangu Tashi Choling, 2008. TBRC LINK W2CZ6597