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Nor-bzang-rgya-mtsho, Mkhas-grub, 1423-1513

LC control no.n 88252510
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Personal name headingNor-bzang-rgya-mtsho, Mkhas-grub, 1423-1513
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Variant(s)Nor-bzaṅ-rgya-mtsho, Mkhas-grub, 1423-1513
Khedrub Norzang Gyatso, 1423-1513
Mkhas-grub Nor-bzang-rgya-mtsho, 1423-1513
Norsang Gyatso, 1423-1513
Birth date1423
Death date1513
Place of birthXigazê (China)
Field of activityBuddhism Astrology, Tibetan
Profession or occupationBuddhist priests
Found inMaṅ-thos-rdo-rje. Byed grub rtsis kyi gsal ... 1985: t.p. (Mkhas-grub Nor-bzaṅ-rgya-mtsho) data from India (1423-1513)
Mkhas-grub nor-bzang-rgya-mtshoʼi gsung ʼbum, 2022 loʼi zla 12: title page (Mkhas-grub Nor-bzang-rgya-mtsho)
Tsadra Foundation (Website), viewed on September 27, 2023 (Khedrup Norsang Gyatso (1423-1513), a well-known scholar and adept of the fifteenth century, was a student of the First Dalai Lama and a principal teacher of the Second Dalai Lama; though belonging to the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism; Norsang Gyatso is recognized as a seminal figure in the promotion of a syncretic approach-between the Geluk and Kagyü schools-to the teachings and practices of mahamudra; along with Phukpa Lhundrup Gyatso, Norsang Gyatso is credited also with the founding of the highly influential Phuk school of Tibetan astronomy and astrology; as a wandering hermit, Norsang Gyatso came to be revered by the Tibetan tradition as a great meditator and teacher, and he is included among the lineage masters of many important practice traditions, including the lineage of Kalachakra)
   <https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/People/Nor_bzang_rgya_mtsho>
Teasury of lives (Website), viewed on September 27, 2023 (Khedrub Norzang Gyatso; born1423 in Tanak Rangjung in Tsang, Tibet; Norzangpa is counted as the fifty-seventh holder of the Lamrim transmission lineage)
   <https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Khedrub-Norzang-Gyatso/10168>
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