Gyalwa Drong Ngur Choje

General explanation.

Drong Ngur Choje has historical background for more than 800 years. He is one among the emanation guru of Tibet with a long historical background. He is also an indisputable learned and accomplished great being of Tibet who has served dharma and benefitted sentient beings immensely. So far, there have been sixteen incarnations and they are as follows:

• Gyalwa Gangkarpa Rinchen Woser
• Drakpa Gyalpo
• Khyungton Wodpo
• Lhundrub Gyaltsen
• Pemai Gyaltsen
• Karma Dondrub
• Karma Gewang
• Gangpa Chog-gyal
• Gewai Wangpo
• Konchok Tenzin Sangpo
• Tenzin Dondrub
• Tenzin Namdrol
• Karma Bhadra
• Konchok Tenzin
• Tenzin Drodul
• Tenpai Gyaltsen

The first Drong Ngur Choje – Gyalwa Gangpa Rinchen Woser (1175-1259) was one of the Karmapa’s thirteen disciples who were equal as him and one of his four sons holding his lineage. He was also the fourth throne holder of Wogmin Tsurphu monastery and the tutor of Karma Pakshi. He founded monasteries like the old and new Drongbu monastery, Sog Drong Ngur monastery or Tsenden monastery, Shag Wathang Drong Ngur monastery and so on. In short, he was very kind to Buddha dharma in general and Kagyu lineage.

The fifth incarnation Pemai Gyaltsen is one among the three personal masters of Gyalwa Karmapa Deshin Shekpa. Even the emperor of China offered him the name of Gushri, emblem and lots more as honor.

The ninth incarnation Gewai Wangpo (1623-1697) took the position of indisputable great-accomplished scholar. The fifth Dalai Lama praised him again and again as the northern scholar. He also composed a lot of articles.

The fifteenth incarnation Tenzin Drodul (1923-1970) offered his body, life and possessions unstintingly for the benefit of dharma and beings of Tibet. Even in bad times, he opened the doors of sacred places, established pure vision, bestowed empowerments and oral instructions widely and so forth. In brief, he was renowned as a unique supreme being whose noble characteristic shone brightly.

Among Drong Ngur Choje’s successors, the above four are the ones whose deeds are very conspicuous. I only got verses in one order which clarifies about the other Choje successors but didn’t have the fortune to know about their biography.

Specific Explanation.

H.H. the fourteenth Dalai Lama with his primordial wisdom’s space vision recognized the sixteenth Drong Ngur Choje – Tenpai Gyaltsen. There were lots of sayings by the great fifteenth Drong Ngur Choje about his incarnation. Among them one is as follows:

Hey Hey! It appears in my mind that

From the south Gya La Sengdong mountain peak

Comes a white lion with blooming turquoise mane,

The roar of the conch lion with turquoise mane

On the luminous easy path

Needn’t go and stay, will easily spread.

It has been totally in accord with this prophesied meaning. The recognition process in detail is explained clearly in the book Tsengi Dawai Woser written by me.

This dharma king was born in a Goser family that has a long history to father Nyima Wangdue and mother Pasang in 1984 at Tsoshar in Mustang, Nepal that was earlier a part of Upper Tsang province of Tibet. He completed his studies from Ngagyur Nyingma Institute on 7^th April 2014. He has taught and is currently teaching dharma widely to hundreds of monks and nuns who are seeking earnestly for knowledge from common like Sumtak (Tibetan grammar) to exclusive knowledge like Great Perfection Semngi Ngalso. Along with this, he is engaged as an incharge of Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery founded by H.H. Pema Norbu Rinpoche and has composed three books. They are Drong Karpoi Ngurda, Chejod Surne Babtek and commentary of Bhadracarya Pranidhana titled Donngi Lamsang. For detailed information, it’s clear in other books.

May you have a long life and your Buddha activities increase.

By Drong Ngur Pho Ngya.

Translated by Karma Sangmo