|studentof='gyur med pad+ma rnam rgyal; 'jam mgon kong sprul gnyis pa mkhyen brtse 'od zer; 'jigs med bstan pa'i nyi ma; A 'dzoms 'brug pa 'gro 'dul dpa' bo rdo rje
Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro was one of the most influential religious teachers in Kham in the first half of the twentieth century. One of multiple reincarnations of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, he served as head of Dzongsar Monastery, which he enlarged, founding the monastic college, Khamshe, in 1918. Chokyi Lodro fled Kham in 1955 during the Communist takeover of Tibet, settling in Sikkim, where he passed away in 1959. ... read more at
