h2. Patrons
strong spriritual ties with ཕག་མོ་གྲུ་པ Ehrhard 2010 (p. 221); "As a close disciple of the aged Gö Lotsawa Shönu Pal and Lochen Sönam Gyatsho, both important preceptors of the Phagmotru rulers, the Fourth Shamar became closely associated with the Phagmotru court..." Jackson 2009 (p. 88)
preceptor of the རིན་སྤུངས family Ehrhard 2010 (p. 221)
~ 1476: return from journey to the eastern borderlands via Central Tibet where he receives teachings from འགོས་ལོ་ཙཱ་བ་གཞོན་ནུ་དཔལ། (1392–1481) and ལོ་ཆེན་བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱ་མཚོ། (1424–1482) Jackson 2009 (p .88) - 1493: becomes the monastic leader of གདན་ས་མཐིལ། and assumes the office of the སྤྱན་སྔ། Jackson 2009 (p. 89) - 1503: founding of ཡངས་པ་ཅན། monastery Jackson 2009 (p. 89)