Stangtshangraspa, original name Tshe-dbang-lhun-grub, French name Ngag-dbang-rgya-mtsho, as famous as the translator Rin-chen-bzang-po, is the most popular Buddhist monk in the second dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet. He is a legendary figure in Tibetan history, because he went on a pilgrimage in Tibet and out of Tibet five times and took the chair of chief tutor of Ladakh king. Although some celebrated scholars in the west had studied the biography of this lama, this paper wrote by professor Peter Schwieger focused on Stangtshangraspa’s lifetime before he become tutor of Ladakh king.
