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'''Gungtang Tenpé Drönmé''' (Tib. གུང་ཐང་བསྟན་པའི་སྒྲོན་མེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''gung thang bstan pa'i sgron me'') (1762-1823) was born in Dzogé in [[Amdo]] in 1762. He was recognized by [[Könchok Jikmé Wangpo]] as the incarnation of Gendün Phuntok and enthroned at [[Tashikhyil Monastery]]. It was from Könchok Jikmé Wangpo that he received the name Könchok Tenpé Drönmé, when receiving his ''getsul'' vows. In 1778 he entered the Gomang college of [[Drepung Monastery]] and undertook serious studies. 

He returned to Tashikhyil, where in 1791 he was enthroned as abbot. He taught extensively and was a writer of poetry as well as philosophical treatises. He died in 1823. 

==External Links==
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/konchok-tenpe-dronme|Series on Lotsawa House}}
*{{TBRC|P298|TBRC Profile}}
*[https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Konchok-Tenpai-Dronme/4730 Biography at Treasury of Lives]

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