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|classification=People
|pagename=PaN chen ngag dbang chos grags
|persontype=Khenpos; Tibetan Buddhist Teachers; Authors of Tibetan Works
|namelast=Chödrak
|namefirst=Ngawang
|nameprefix=Paṇchen
|nametitlepre=Khenchen
|yearbirth=1572
|yeardeath=1641
|bio=Khenchen Ngawang Chodak (mkhyen chen ngag dbang chos grags) was born to his
father Trungtso Phuntsok (drung 'tsho phun tshogs) and his mother Phenthok Kyi (phan
thogs skyid) in Semcher valley of Tsang in 1572. 

He was intellectually more mature than his peers, so learned reading and writing effortlessly. At the age of eleven, he abided in a holy mountain under the care of Kunkhen Ngawang Chakpa ([[kun mkhyen ngag dbang grags pa]]) for one year. Then he went to the great monastic school of Thupten Yangpajan (thub
bstan yangs pa can), and Geshe Kunchok Gyatso ([[dkon mchog rgya mtsho]]) bestowed
him the ordination name of Ngawang Chodak.

From then, Khenchen Ngawang Chodak studied with numerous great masters: Kenchen
Wangchok Pelsang ([[mkhyen chen dbang phyug dpal bzang]]), Mangthu Logrub Gyatso
([[mang thos klu sgrub rgya mtsho]]), Grubchok Suonam Chophel ([[grub mchog bsod nams
chos 'phel]]), Jonang Daranatha ([[jo nang ta ra na tha]]), Khenchen Jampa Sangpo ([[mkhan
chen byams pa bzang po]]), Muchen Sangye Gyaltsen ([[mus chen sangs rgyas rgyal
mtshan]]), etc., and became expert in the treatises of the Six Volumes and knowledge of
sutras and mantras with his brilliant intellect. He pilgrimaged to Sagya and Ngamring,
and gained reputation for his erudite debate skills.

Khenchen Ngawang Chodak took gelong vows when he could meditate with the actual
meaning of what he had been taught and he could attain the realization of various deities.
At the thirty-five, he took the throne of the Thupten Yangpajan monastic school and
devoted the rest of his life there to study, teach, and write. At age of seventy, he peacefully passed
into Nirvana.
|pagecreationdate=18 December 2017
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