Titles of his works and a biographical sketch in PPTK, pp. 115-116. He was born in Gnyal Gra 'or. His father was a physician Dpal 'byor nor bu, his mother Kun dga' 'dzoms. His childhood name was Bstan 'dzin chos dbang. The ordination name he received from 'Brug chen IV was Ngag dbang don yod rgya mtsho. When he was 32, he composed a biography of Mi pham blo gros rgya mtsho.
