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The latter was born at mus dang ma gling skya. At the age of 5, he became an 耻辫腻蝉补办补 and studied reading and writing. At the age of 11, he was ordained in the presence of the maha 耻辫腻诲丑测腻测补 shakya mgon and the 腻肠腻谤测补 'od zer rtse mo.

At the age of 13, he studied the Vinaya sutra (of Gunnaprabha) at ldog long with the maha 耻辫腻诲丑测腻测补 kun rgyal, and the assistant preacher zhang stop 鈥榞yur med dpal.

In the presence of mus chen pa he studied the Five Treatises of Maitreya. From the 腻肠腻谤测补 byang seng (he obtained) the (笔谤补尘腻苍苍补惫颈苍颈蝉蝉肠补测补). From the 腻肠腻谤测补 shes rab ral gri the 笔谤补尘腻苍苍补惫补谤迟颈办补 and the Bodhisattva bhuumi (sa sde). He also made a round of monastic colleges for the purpose of conducting philosophical debates. Once in a dream a woman told him: You will not live more than seven days! The maha upadhaya chu bzangs pa said to him: Fasting is the best of the life preserving ceremonies! Accordingly he fasted and his life was prolonged.

He received final monastic ordination from the maha 耻辫腻诲丑测腻测补 chu bzags pa and obtained many bka鈥� gdams pa doctrines at mus gle lung. He occupied the abbot鈥檚 chair of gro mo che for five years.

From the Dharmasvamin nyan chen pa he obtained the Path and Fruit (lam 鈥榖谤补蝉) doctrine and the Cycle of the Doctrines of dam pa (sangs rgyas). From the 腻肠腻谤测补 grags tshul he obtained many 蝉腻诲丑补苍补蝉 of the mandalas belonging to the Outer and Inner Tantras.^[1]

For three years he observed a fast during the month of Vaisakha. After that his supporters built the monastery of snyag phu and presented it to him.

He considered the following to be his root teachers^[2] : nyang chen pa, chu bzangs pa, mus chen pa, and rgyal mtshan dpal. Further, he was the disciple of 42 teachers.

Wishing to spread the deeds of 础惫补濒辞办颈迟别艣惫补谤补, he resolved to observe 10,000 fasts.^[3] After finishing the 2000th fast, (he found) that all his means had become exhausted. But then following an auspicious dream, his means again increased. He completed his fast within three years. He also spread the practice of fasting. Numerous other persons saw him as 础惫补濒辞办颈迟别艣惫补谤补 in their visions.

He passed away at the age of 68 in the Hog year (phag lo 1371 A.D.?). His disciple was the Precious maha 耻辫腻诲丑测腻测补 bsod nams bzang po. The facts about his parents, his ordination and final monastic ordination, their dates, his pecuniary situation in his youth, are to be known from other sources.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

phyi, or outer means the three classes of Tantras; nang, or inner means the Anuttara class

[2]:

尘奴濒补 guru, rtsa ba'i bla ma; muula guru means the personal Teacher of a disciple;rgyud pa'i bla ma means the Teachers of the Spiritual Lineage to which the disciple belongs. Muula guru is also used to designate the chief Teacher of a disciple/gtso bo bla ma/ {R}

[3]:

this seems to mean that he paid people to make them observe fasts {R}