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    by the government.: 27  In 1962, Jigme Ngawang Namgyal (known as Zhabdrung Rinpoche to his followers) fled Bhutan for India where he spent the remainder...
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    Drukpa Kagyu school Rinpoche, and the unifier of Bhutan as a nation-state. He was later granted the honorific title Zhabdrung Rinpoche, approximately "at...
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  • administrations, both unified under the nominal authority of the Zhabdrung Rinpoche. Druk, meaning 'thunder dragon', refers symbolically to Bhutan, whose...
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    Bhutan was founded and unified as a country by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche in the mid–17th century. After his death in 1651, Bhutan nominally...
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    of theocratic and civil administrators. Namgyal became the first Zhabdrung Rinpoche and his successors acted as the spiritual leaders of Bhutan, like...
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    District in Punakha, Bhutan. Constructed by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, in 1637–38, it is the second oldest and second-largest dzong in Bhutan...
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  • Lamas, the Panchen Lamas, the Samding Dorje Phagmos, Khyentses, the Zhabdrung Rinpoches, and the Kongtruls. The process of recognizing tulkus involves a...
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    1616 when Ngawanag Namgyal, a lama from western Tibet known as the Zhabdrung Rinpoche, defeated three Tibetan invasions, subjugated rival religious schools...
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    in Bhutan. Introduced in the 17th century by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, to give the Ngalop people a more distinctive identity, it is a knee-length...
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    Buddhist monastery in Bhutan established in 1620 by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, the founder of the Bhutanese state. The monastery, which is now a...
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    Ngagi Wangchuck, who was the great-grandfather of Ngawang Namgyal, Zhabdrung Rinpoche, the unifier of Bhutan.[citation needed] Chökhor Raptentse Dzong at...
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    dynasty. As his fame and popularity grew, "he acquired the sobriquet ‘Zhabdrung Rinpoche’, literally ‘the precious jewel at whose feet one submits’." His growing...
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    children; Ashi Namden, Dasho Namgyel Dawa (Tulku Namgyel Rinpoche), Dasho Wangchen Dawa (Kathok Situ Rinpoche) and Dasho Leon Rabten. Princess Deki Yangzom Wangchuck...
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    disintegration of the office of Zhabdrung Rinpoche after the death of Ngawang Namgyal in 1651. Under this system, the Zhabdrung reigned over the temporal Druk...
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    hierarch, Ngawang Namgyal, the Zhabdrung Rinpoche, in recognition of his religious and temporal authority. In 1644 the Zhabdrung dismantled the existing dzong...
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    Affairs). Thus, unlike reincarnation lineages such as the Dalai Lama, Zhabdrung Rinpoche, or Panchen Lama, the position of Je Khenpo was never held by a child...
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    century under the leadership of Ngawang Namgyal, the 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche. The Zhabdrung relied on visions and omens to site each of the dzongs. Modern...
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    (list) Dual system of government Dzongpens Penlops (Penlop of Trongsa) Zhabdrung Rinpoche The Tshogdu Kingdoms Bumthang Kurtö Lhuentse Trashigang Zhemgang Provinces...
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    (list) Dual system of government Dzongpens Penlops (Penlop of Trongsa) Zhabdrung Rinpoche The Tshogdu Kingdoms Bumthang Kurtö Lhuentse Trashigang Zhemgang Provinces...
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    (list) Dual system of government Dzongpens Penlops (Penlop of Trongsa) Zhabdrung Rinpoche The Tshogdu Kingdoms Bumthang Kurtö Lhuentse Trashigang Zhemgang Provinces...
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    (list) Dual system of government Dzongpens Penlops (Penlop of Trongsa) Zhabdrung Rinpoche The Tshogdu Kingdoms Bumthang Kurtö Lhuentse Trashigang Zhemgang Provinces...
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    1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, who was searching for the best location for a dzong to prevent incursions from the south. At the chosen spot, the Zhabdrung encountered...
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    (list) Dual system of government Dzongpens Penlops (Penlop of Trongsa) Zhabdrung Rinpoche The Tshogdu Kingdoms Bumthang Kurtö Lhuentse Trashigang Zhemgang Provinces...
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    under the leadership of the great lama Ngawang Namgyal, the Zhabdrung Rinpoche. The Zhabdrung relied on visions and omens to site each of the dzongs. Modern...
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  • (list) Dual system of government Dzongpens Penlops (Penlop of Trongsa) Zhabdrung Rinpoche The Tshogdu Kingdoms Bumthang Kurtö Lhuentse Trashigang Zhemgang Provinces...
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  • to the 17th-century pronouncements of Ngawang Namgyal, the first Zhabdrung Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama and military leader who sought to unify Bhutan not...
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  • and ornaments. The 17th century legislator Ngawang Namgyal, the Zhabdrung Rinpoche (1594 - 1651), under whom the Drukpa Lineage flourished, composed...
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    "prince-abbots" of Ralung continued until 1616, when Ngawang Namgyal, the Zhabdrung Rinpoche, fled to Bhutan due to a dispute over the incarnation of the 4th Gyalwang...
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    the patronage of the King of Tsang. The other, Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, went to Bhutan, where the Drukpa Lineage today is now the official...
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  • (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011. "Rinpoche identity to be investigated". Kalimpong. 13 October 2005. Archived from...
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