P239: mnga' ris bla chen chos dpal bzang po/

• Date of birth: 1371 Stearns 2007 (p. 541 n. 718), Diemberger 2007 (p. 73)
• Date of death: 1439 Stearns 2007 (p. 541 n. 718), Diemberger 2007 (p. 73)
• Active Period: fl. mid-1400s? Jackson 1991 (p. 225)

h2. Family Relations

• half-brother of the mnga' ris/ king khri mchog grub lde/ (1371−1404) Stearns 2007 (p. 541 n. 718)

h2. Teachers

• bo dong dge legs bzang po/ (1349–1409) mnga' ris bla chen gyi rnam thar I [ms] (f. 11b), ordination teacher
• chos rje bzang po rgyal mtshan/ (~14/15th cent.) Ehrhard 2017 (pp. 15f.), lam 'bras/ teachings
• mchod dpon shes rab snang ba/ (~14th cent.) mnga' ris bla chen gyi rnam thar I [ms] (f. 8a-b), phur pa'i dbang lung khrid 'cham dang dbyangs/

• born in sa skya/ Stearns 2007 (p. 541 n. 718)
• studied in sa skya dgon/ and bo dong e/ Stearns 2007 (p. 541 n. 718)
• 1420: appointed as the royal chaplain of the mnga' ris/ king khri lha dbang rgyal mtshan/ (1404−1464)
• est. g.yag bzang 'cham/ (related to Vajrabhairava) at rdzong dkar/ rdzong chos chos 'byung [1999] (pp. 49f.)

• Acc. to Jörg Heimbel bla chen chos dpal bzang po/ is not identical with gu ge chos dpal bzang po/, a disciple of ngor chen kun dga' bzang po/ (1382–1456) Heimbel 2011 (p. 78)

• gu ge chos dpal bzang po/ is sometimes said to be the founder of skyid mang dgon/ and steng rgyud dgon/. Ⓢ