Lineage Shrine Room at Mindrolling
  • INTRODUCTION
    A short introduction to the Mindrolling family.
  • PART I
    Origins of the Mindrolling Lineage, Nyö Jachung Karpo, The Nyö Lineage, The Mindrolling Lineage
  • PART II
    Biographical accounts of Sangdag Thrinley Lhundrub, Yum Lhadzin Yanghcen Dolma, Chögyal Terdag Lingpa
  • PART III
    Biographical accounts of Gyalse Tenpa'i Nyima and Lochen Dharmashri
  • PART IV
    The Dzungar Mongol Invasion, Biographical account of Pema Gyurme Gyatso
  • PART V
    Jetsün Migyur Paldrön (Part 1) – Birth and Early Life
  • PART VI
    Jetsün Migyur Paldrön (Part 2) – The Dzungar Mongol Invasion and Exile from Tibet
  • PART VII
    Jetsün Migyur Paldrön – (Part 3) – The Return to Mindrolling
  • PART VIII
    Drinchen Rinchen Namgyal — the 3rd Mindrolling Trichen
  • PART IX
    Zhabdrung Gyurme Yidzhin Legdrub
  • PART X
    Gyurme Pema Tenzin — the 4th Mindrolling Trichen
  • PART XI
    Ögyen Tenzin Dorje — the 3rd Mindrolling Khenchen
  • PART XII
    Trichen Gyurme Trinley Namgyal — The 5th Mindrolling Trichen
  • PART XIII
    Sang Ngag Tenzin — the 4th Mindrolling Khenchen
  • PART XIV
    Trichen Gyurme Pema Wangyal — the 6th Mindrolling Trichen
  • PART XV
    Jetsün Trinley Chödrön
  • PART XVI
    Gyurme Ogyen Chöphel — The 5th Mindrolling Khenchen
  • PART XVII
    Gyurme Sangye Kunga — The 7th Mindrolling Trichen
  • PART XVIII
    Minling Rigzin Zangpo — The 6th Mindrolling Khenchen
  • PART XIX
    Gyurme Yidzhin Wangyal — The 8th Mindrolling Trichen

The History of Mindrolling: Part XIII

Sang Ngag Tenzin, the 4th Mindrolling Khenchen

The Fourth Khenchen of Mindrolling, Sang Ngag Tenzin was born the second son of the 4th Mindrolling Trichen, Tri Gyurme Pema Tenzin. He was renowned as a great learned master and holder of the pure vinaya lineage. Displaying complete freedom from all samsaric stains, he was endowed with great clarity of mind and exemplary wisdom and understanding of the profound teachings from early childhood.

He studied under many great masters and accomplished the learning and practicing of all the profound and precious teachings and received all the various vinaya vows which he maintained in the purest of forms. He was renowned for his exemplary ethics and moral conduct.

After taking on the responsibilities of the Khenchen of Mindrolling, he bestowed the precious vinaya vows to countless monks and began manifesting his vast activity of teaching the precious Dharma and assisting his older brother, the 5th Mindrolling Trichen Gyurme Trinley Namgyal in the administration of the Mindrolling Monastery.

His chief contribution was in maintaining and seeing to the growth of the pure vinaya lineage in Tibet during a time when more and more spiritual materialism threatened the authenticity and genuine lineage of Dharma.

True to the tradition of Mindrolling, Khenchen Sang Ngag Tenzin dedicated his entire life to the preservation and flourishing of the precious Dharma in general and the supreme vinaya lineage in particular. His dedication to Mindrolling and serving the vision of Terdag Lingpa and Lochen Dharmashri ensured the continuation of the precious teachings in their entirety down to the next generation. Khenchen San Ngag Tenzin's love and devotion towards his brother, Tri Trinley Namgyal, was an inspiration to all and together they worked to further the work of their predecessors.