Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s1.t7.25

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“Smar tshang bkav brgyud”, one of eight branches of “bkav brgyud pa”, was founded by shes rab ye shes, disciple of phag mo grub pa, born in western Kham and birthday and death date were unknown. Shes rab ye shes went to Tibet to study Buddhism and then returned to hometown to build the zhok dgon housing 2,000 monks and then kao dgon to educate and edify many monks, founding smar tshang bkav brgyud, also known as maba bkav brgyud.