Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel
bhutansreligiousstory.blogspot.com Zhabdrung was a title used when referring to or addressing great lamas in Tibet , particularly those who held a hereditary lineage. In Bhutan the title almost always refers to Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651 ), the founder of the Bhutanese state, or one of his successive reincarnations. Ngawang Namgyel The lineage traces through the founder of the country , Ngawang Namgyal , a high Drukpa Lineage lama from Tibet who was the first to unify the warring valley kingdoms under a single rule. He is revered as the third most important figure behind Padmasambhava and Gautama Buddha by the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Ngawang Namgyal established the dual system of government under the "Great Tsa Yig" legal code . Under this system, political power was vested in an administrative leader, the Druk Desi, assisted by a collection of local governors or ministers called penlops. A religious leader, the Je Khe...
