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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/ocean_of_offering_clouds.html An Ocean of Offering Clouds: A Light Offering Prayer by Gatön Ngawang Lekpa] | *[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/ocean_of_offering_clouds.html An Ocean of Offering Clouds: A Light Offering Prayer by Gatön Ngawang Lekpa] | ||
*[http://www.tbrc.org/link?RID=P812 TBRC Profile] | |||
[[Category:Sakya Masters]] | [[Category:Sakya Masters]] | ||
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Gatön Ngawang Lekpa (Wyl. sga ston ngag dbang legs pa) (1867-1941) — an important Sakya master connected with Tharlam Monastery who was renowned for his strict discipline and for the hardships he endured during fifteen years in retreat. It is said that he accomplished 4,100,000 prostrations during his lifetime. He was a student of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and a teacher of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö and Dezhung Rinpoche.
His anniversary is the 29th day of the third month in the Tibetan calendar.
Further Reading
- David Jackson, Saint in Seattle: The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche, Wisdom Publications, 2003