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==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
===In Tibetan===
*[[Dhongthog Rinpoche]], ''A History of the Sa-skya-pa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism'' (''byang phyogs thub pa'i rgyal tshab dpal ldan sa-skya-pa'i bstan pa rin po che ji ltar byung ba'i lo rgyus rab 'byams zhing du snyan pa'i sgra dbyangs''), New Delhi, 1977, pp. 329-340
===In English===
*David Jackson, ''Saint in Seattle: The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche'', Wisdom Publications, 2003
*David Jackson, ''Saint in Seattle: The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche'', Wisdom Publications, 2003



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Gatön Ngawang Lekpa

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

In Tibetan

  • Dhongthog Rinpoche, A History of the Sa-skya-pa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism (byang phyogs thub pa'i rgyal tshab dpal ldan sa-skya-pa'i bstan pa rin po che ji ltar byung ba'i lo rgyus rab 'byams zhing du snyan pa'i sgra dbyangs), New Delhi, 1977, pp. 329-340

In English

  • David Jackson, Saint in Seattle: The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche, Wisdom Publications, 2003

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