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Tsuklak Trengwa

1504 – 1566

Tibetan historian

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Lived 1504 – 1566 (aged 61–62). Tsuklak Trengwa was a historian and writer.

Pawo Tsuglag Threngwa (1504–1566), the second Nenang Pawo, was a Tibetan historian of the Karma Kagyu. He was a disciple of Mikyö Dorje, 8th Karmapa Lama. He was the author of the famous mkhas pa'i dga' ston, A Scholar's Feast, addressing history of Buddhism in India and its spread in Tibet, as well as the history of Tibet. Of Tsuklak Trengwa's many students, his chief disciples included the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje, the Fifth Zhamar Konchok Yenlag, and the Third Tsurpu Gyeltsab, Drakpa Peljor (mtshur phu rgyal tshab 03 grags pa dpal 'byor, 1519–1549).

His dharma histories were cited by the 4th Drikung Chetsang, Tenzin Peme Gyaltsen (1770–1826) in The Golden Garland of the Throne Lineage (Denrab Chöjung Serthreng, gdan rabs chos byung gser phreng).

Works The Chojung Khepai Gaton, or Scholars Feast (chos 'byung khas pa'i dga' ston), a renowned Tibetan religious history of Buddhism in India and its diffusion in Tibet, with particular emphasis on the Karma Kagyu tradition. Works on history, medicine, astrology, general Buddhism Works in Worldcat

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Born
1504, Nyêtang
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Died
1566
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Who was Tsuklak Trengwa?

Tibetan historian

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Tsuklak Trengwa was born in 1504 in Nyêtang.

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Tsuklak Trengwa died in 1566.

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Tsuklak Trengwa was a historian and writer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tsuklak Trengwa

· Wikidata: Q2065210

· DBpedia: Pawo Tsuglag Threngwa

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