Ngok Legpe Sherab

Ngok Legpe Sherab (T. rngog legs pa'i shes rab) - an important 10th century Kadam master; he one of the three main students of Atisha, and the uncle of the translator Ngok Loden Sherab.

In the Iron Pig year, 1071, Ngok established the dharma center of Sangphu Neuthok and cultivated the teachings there. Later on, this institute was developed further by his nephew, the great translator Ngok Loden Sherab, and it became the source of all the Tibetan shedras, or centers for advanced study.

Sources

• Ringu Tulku (2006), The Ri-Me Philosophy of Jamgon Kungtrul the Great, Shambhala 
• Rngog legs pa'i shes rab, Tsadra Foundation Commons