Ngawang Sungrab Thutob ( bo, སྟག་བྲག་ནག་དབང་གསུང་རབ།; ) (1874–1952) was the third Taktra Rinpoche, (

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: ''sTag-brag'', also Takdrak, Tagdrag, etc.) and regent of

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. As regent, he was responsible for raising and educating the

14th Dalai Lama The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, known as Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: ''bsTan-'dzin rgya-mtsho''); né Lhamo Thondup), known as ...

, Tenzin Gyatso.Laird, Thomas (2007) ''The Story of Tibet'', Dutch: ''Het verhaal van Tibet: Gesprekken met de Dalai Lama'', p.p. 265, 268, 276-77, 287, A.W. Bruna Uitgevers, Utrecht (Dutch) In 1941, he succeeded the fifth Reting Rinpoche, Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen. The Reting Rinpoche later rebelled, was captured, and died imprisoned in the

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under mysterious circumstances.Barraux, Roland (1995) ''Die Geschichte der Dalai Lamas - Göttliches Mitleid und irdische Politik'', Komet/Patmos, Frechen/Düsseldorf, , p.p. 275-282 (German) State-controlled media in China claims that Thutob was responsible for the death of the 5th Reting Rinpoche, the teacher of 14th Dalai Lama and previous regent. They praise Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen as a patriot and devout Buddhist while calling Ngawang Sungrab Thutob as a "pro-Britain, pro-slavery separatist." Reting Rinpoche, regardless of his political leanings, will be remembered for discovering and enthroning the current, 14th Dalai Lama.

4th Taktra

In 1955 (or 1954), the 4th Taktra or Dagzhag (dharma name: Tenzin Geleg; bo, བསྟན་འཛིན་དགེ་ལེགས་; ) was born. He was recognized by the Dalai Lama in 1958 (or 1957). His name was given by 14th Dalai Lama. One or two years later, Dalai Lama fled to India. Even though mass media in China evaluate Ngawang Sungrab Thutob negatively, 4th Taktra studied under the Chinese curriculum. He became a member of the 6th council of the Buddhist Association of China and the Vice President of Tibetan Sub-Association of Buddhist Association of China. He was quoted by Chinese press to have pejoratively labeled the Dalai Lama's supporters as the "Dalai Group" and said of them:

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