ABSTRACT
The first dateable event in Pemalingpa's life took place in 1473 when his grandfather, the blacksmith Yönten Changchub, fell sick.66 Pemalingpa, who was then aged twenty-three, was called to Mani Gömpa to look after him, but the old man was dying and his last wish was that he, Pemalingpa, and a nun called Döndrup Zangmo, should care for the little monastery which he had looked after with much difficulty. Failing that, it should be entrusted to the care of the lama of Yuwashing, who may have been connected with the ruling family of Bumthang. Pemalingpa himself performed the funeral ceremonies for his grandfather and he stayed on in the monastery from time to time, the nun taking over full control.
