Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen

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Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147 - 1216)

Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen (Tibetan : རྗེ་བཙུན་གྲགས་པ་རྒྱལ་མཚན, Wylie : rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan) (1147–1216) was a Tibetan spiritual leader and the third of the Five Sakya Patriarchs (sa skya gong ma rnam lnga) of Tibet. He was also the guru of the famous Sakya Pandita. [1]

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References

  1. Townsend, Dominique. "Drakpa Gyeltsen". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 18 July 2017.