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'''Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo''' (Tib. ངོར་ཆེན་ཀུན་དགའ་བཟང་པོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''ngor chen kun dga<nowiki>'</nowiki> bzang po'') (1382-1456) was one of the most influential of all [[Sakyapa]] masters, and is credited with founding the [[Ngor]] subschool. He was a contemporary of [[Rongtön Sheja Kunrig]] and a teacher of [[Shakya Chokden]] and [[Gorampa Sonam Senge]]. He founded [[Ngor Monastery]] in 1430.

==Further Reading==
*Jörg Heimbel, 'Biographical Sources for Researching the Life of Ngor chen Kun dga' bzang po (1382–1456)' in ''Revue d'Etudes Tibetains'' 22, 2011

==Internal Links==
*[[Throneholders of Ngor Monastery]]

==External Links==
*{{TBRC|P1132|TBRC profile}}
*{{TBRC|W1KG17190|ངོར་ཆེན་བཀའ་འབུམ་, ngor chen bka' 'bum}}
*[http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Ngorchen-Kunga-Zangpo/2387 Biography at Treasury of Lives]
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=306 Himalayan Art Page]

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