SANGYE YELPA – FOUNDER OF TANA MONASTERY

Yelpa Yeshe Tsek was born in 1134 in Kham, the son of a lay man practitioner named Gompa Ambar and his wife Gongpaza Tsunmacham, the eldest of four children. Purpa Kyab or Purpa Drub was his childhood name. As a young man he had a meeting with Ga Lotsawa, and received teachings from him. At … Continue reading SANGYE YELPA – FOUNDER OF TANA MONASTERY