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In the winter of 1873, at the age of nineteen, Dorjiev visited Tibet with Pelden Chopel Pelzangpo, as members of the religious embassy that was to bring to Urga the Eighth Khalkha Jetsundampa Khutuktu Ngawang Lobzang Chokyi Nyima (khal kha rje btsun dam pa 08 ngag dbang blo bzang chos kyi nyi ma, 1869-1924), the highest-ranking lama in Khalkha Mongolia and who had been born in Tibet ...

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In 1939, when Sonam Tenzin Dargye was seven years old, the Fifth Reting Rinpoche, Tubten Jampel Yeshe Tenpai Gyeltsen (rwa sgreng 05 thub bstan 'jam dpal ye shes bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan 1912–1947), then the regent of Tibet, recognized him as the reincarnation of the Eighth Bogd Jebtsundampa Khutugtu, Ngawang Lobzang Chokyi Nyima Tenzin Wangchuk (ngag dbang blo bzang chos kyi nyi ma bstan 'dzin dbang phyug 1870–1924) ...

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Trinle Gyatso granted the vows of novice monk (śrāmaṇera) to the Mongolian lama Tendzin Wangchuk (bstan 'dzin dbang phyug), the Eighth Khalkha Jetsun Dampa (khal kha rje btsun dam pa) ...

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... After three months of travel the Dalai Lama and his party arrived in Mongolia and were met at the border by the brother of the Eighth Jetsundampa Khutughtu (1869-1924), the highest ranking Mongolian lama ...

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