Tsangyang Gyatso was an unconventional Dalai Lama that preferred the lifestyle of a crazy wisdom yogi to that of an ordained monk.
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12 Facts About Tsangyang Gyatso
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Tsangyang Gyatso's regent was killed before he was kidnapped by Lha-bzang Khan of the Khoshut Khanate and disappeared.
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Tsangyang Gyatso's father was Lama Tashi Tenzin of Urgelling, a descendant of the treasure revealer Pema Lingpa, and his mother was Tsewang Lhamo, a Monpa woman from a royal family of Bekhar Village.
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Tsangyang Gyatso's recovery was credited by the regent to the intervention of the Dalai Lama's own guardian deity, Dorje Dakpa.
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Tsangyang Gyatso enjoyed a lifestyle that included drinking, the company of women, and writing love songs.
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Tsangyang Gyatso visited the 5th Panchen Lama in Shigatse and, requesting his forgiveness, renounced the vows of a novice monk.
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Tsangyang Gyatso ordered the building of the Tromzikhang palace in Barkhor, Lhasa.
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Tsangyang Gyatso had always rejected life as a monk, although this did not mean the abdication of his position as the Dalai Lama.
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Tsangyang Gyatso visited the parks and spent nights in the streets of Lhasa, drinking wine, singing songs and having amorous relations with girls.
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Tsangyang Gyatso retreated to live in a tent in the park near the northern escarpment of Potala Palace.
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Tsangyang Gyatso finally gave up his discourses in public parks and places in 1702, which he had been required to do as part of his training.
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However, Ngawang Yeshey Tsangyang Gyatso is considered by Tibetans to have been an incarnation of Avalokitesvara.
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