哲蚌寺格西?扎西拉迦仁波切出生在神秘的高原、美丽的昌都、秀丽的察雅县香堆镇西拉康丁小村庄。在“仁波切”的母亲“拥拉”即将即将临盆的时刻，脑海中出现“阿弥托佛”威德光明普照，“仁波切”于此吉时诞生。之后，七彩祥云在屋顶上方萦绕多日不散。父亲“阿旺索巴”和母亲“拥拉”见此吉祥征兆，心中无比欢喜，知道仁波切大有来历。
“仁波切”天资聪慧，从小即显现出无碍辩才方面的才能，稍作指导就能熟练地拼读藏文，8岁起念诵仪轨。很多证悟者预言“仁波切”未来是一位大智聪辩、续佛慧命，具“大威德行义”的行者；是一位善巧普化众生、引导众生、发现“世俗心”、“出离心”的心灵导师。
“仁波切”13岁时，用5年的时间在家乡攻读法相学（即哲学，辩经）。17岁那年，“仁波切”艰苦跋涉，千里步行至印度哲蚌洛色林学习。（哲蚌寺是格鲁派三大寺之一，于年，由“宗喀巴”大师的弟子，“加央曲吉”扎西巴登创建。目前，哲蚌寺有多名僧人）。
“仁波切”在哲蚌寺，经过诸多才识精湛、德行严谨的上师教导，刻苦学习《五部大论》典籍，学习成绩每年都是第一。
在年，哲蚌寺近多名僧人的辩经法会上，“仁波切”起座辩经得到了满堂喝彩。
年，在宗喀巴大师古寺——噶登寺的冬季法会上，来自色拉寺、哲蚌寺、噶登寺——格鲁派三大寺的僧众们集结于此圣地。仁波切于成千上万的智者前，对《释量论》进行讲述；后又在辩经时博得满堂喝彩，得到了在座众智者的一致赞许认可，从此“仁波切”声名远扬海内外。
年，哲蚌大会上，通过艰苦的僧团集体生活和不懈地努力学习，“仁波切”34岁时在观音法台座下“哲蚌寺”被正式授予“格西”荣誉称号。并授命担当弘法利生、传扬佛陀教法的重大使命。
年，在降永琼林寺，“仁波切”于诸方学子，宣讲了《五部大论》。诸学子学成后，回返本寺，为利益众生而续佛慧命。
年，为报答家乡父老和父母恩，“仁波切”前往家乡办学。为家乡学子宣讲《藏语语法三十颂》和《音识颂》等。
年，应邓玛土登琼柯寺堪布多次邀请，“仁波切”赴寺院担任辩经导师一职。“法相讲师”哲蚌寺格西?扎西拉迦仁波切在邓玛土登琼柯寺开始《菩提道次第广论》、《释量论》、《现观庄严论》、《藏语语法三十颂》及《音识颂》等多部佛教经论的宣说教授和举办主持各类佛学讲座。
琼柯寺佛学院的各项辩经考试在教学上历来空缺。慈悲的“仁波切”按照哲蚌洛色林的教学形式和方法，为邓玛土登琼柯寺如法、严格、精心地设立辩经口试、笔试、藏语语法、辩经诵经等各项考试规章制度，并编写考试流程，撰写考纲考题，还根据僧众的考试成绩分等级建立辩经和考试小组。
尊贵的“仁波切”是邓玛土登琼柯寺历史上首位开创每年年底大考、设立每天逻辑辩论，以及为寺院编写全年各种辩经仪式的先锋导师。从经典学识到道德品质，“仁波切”对广大僧学员们循循善诱、谆谆教导。“仁波切”的教学成果显著，得到了寺内外专家学者的充分肯定。哲蚌寺格西?扎西拉迦仁波切为邓玛土登琼柯寺佛学院弥补了教学上的空白，在历史上掀起了辉煌的新篇章。
同年，在“觉蒙寺”冬季法会期间，“仁波切”对来自藏区40多座寺院的僧众宣讲《中观论》，并作详尽解析，随后大众进行辩经。诸僧众于法会期间受益匪浅，法喜充满。
在洛荣尼玛仁波切和十多位具德上师的辛勤努力和培育下，哲蚌寺格西?扎西拉迦仁波切得到了显密教义的传承，“仁波切”在诸多密法修法等方面有着甚深的造诣。（自宗喀巴大师起，洛荣尼玛仁波切是格鲁派法嗣，第一百位法座继承人。）
“仁波切”法音宣流、弘法利生、佛行事业日渐扩大。百忙当中“仁波切”仍亲自为寺庙及佛像的兴建、铸造、运输、费用等各项事宜四处奔波操劳。不仅如此，慈悲的仁波切还经常倾尽所有资助一些经济困难的学生完成学业，为生患重病者筹措医疗费用、为困难家庭捐助生活费用......得到“仁波切”帮助的人有很多。
MasterGesheLhagyal
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DrepungLoselingMonastery
SonofNgawangZodpaandYullha,GesheLhagyalfromDrepungLoselingmonastery,thesecondgreat“Nalanda”intheCountryofNobleBeings,India,wasbornin,inavillagecalledLasheLhakhangTingpa,whichislocatednearDagyabJamdhunSonMonasteryandtheself-arisenstatueofBuddhaMaitreyainKhamDagyab.
Ashewasveryintelligentfromyoungage,hewaseasilyabletolearntowriteandreadinTibetan.Notonlythat,hewasalsoabletomemorizeallritualtextswithoutanytroubleatall.Whenhewas12yearsoldhetookanoralexamintheSonmonasticassemblyhallandanauspiciouswhiteceremonialscarfwasplacedaroundhisneckasarewardforhisoutstandingperformance.
AfterthathestudiedthesubjectsoftheMindandAwareness,theCollectedTopics,thePathofReasoning,theSeventyTopics,theSixPerfections,andothersubjectsforaboutfiveyearswithMasterLobzangSamten,abbotoftheSonMonastery.WhentheLordoftheSutrasandTantras,LamaRinchenGonpo,cametovisitKhamDagyab,hesawGesheLhagyaldebatingonthesubject“Doeswhateverisavalidcognitionnecessarynewlycognizeitsobjectornot?”LamaRinchenGonpowasextremelyhappytoseehimdebatingandtoldthechantingmasterandteacherDhondubTseringofSonMonastery“IamsurethatthisyoungboywillbeabeautifulornamentoftheBuddhadharma”andthensaidsomeprayersforhim.
LateronhemadealongjourneytoIndiawhileexperiencingalotofhardshipontheway.Whenhefinallyarrived,heenteredthelargestDharmacenter—DrepungLoselingMonastery.Whilethere,hereliedonmanygreatspiritualmasterssuchasex-abbotLobzangNyimafromTrehor.Heproperlyengagedinthestudyofallphilosophytexts,classicalTibetangrammar,andothersubjectsandproperlypassedallofhisexamswithflyingcolors.
In,justashehadwishedfor,hegottheopportunitytostandupanddebateonthefourthchapterofOrnamentofClearRealization(includedinthePrajnaparamitaVehicle)inDrepungMonastery’slargeassemblehallinthepresenceofthousandsofmonks.Inordertobeeligibletoreceivethatopportunity,hefirsthadtochallengeindebateeachofthetwenty-fiveKhanstens,regionaldivisionswithinDrepungLoseling.
In,hewasadefenderofadebatechallengeamidagatheringofthousandsofmonksfromSera,Ghadhen,andDrepungmonasteriesduringtheJangwinterassembly,anintensiveone-month-longdebatesessiononthePramanavarttika,heldbackthenattheGhadhenMonastery.Atthattime,numerousscholarspraisedhimrepeatedlyforhisinnateintelligence.
In,hegraduatedfromDrepungLoselingMonasterywiththeGeshedegreeastheLordHolderoftheWhiteLotusoftheSnowRegiongrantedhimtheGesheseal.Forsixmonthsduring,hetaughtthemajorBuddhistphilosophysubjectsofValidCognition,MiddleWayphilosophy,andthePerfectionofWisdomtothenunsofJamyangCholingNunneryjustasGesheJamyangNorbuinstructedhim.
AfterthathereturnedtohishomelandandalsotaughtclassicalTibetangrammarsuchasLegshedJonwang(TheWish-fulfillingTreeofExcellentDiscourse)andKagnasSelweMelong(TheMirrorforSolvingDifficultPoints)tomonksandstudentsoftheLasheMonasticCollege.
In,DhenmaChokhorMonasteryinvitedhimtoteachBuddhistphilosophythere.TogetherwithThubtenNyendak,heestablishedtheDhenmaChokhormonastictraditionsfollowingafterDrepungLoselingmonasticcollage.HealsomodeledtherulesoftheyearlyexamsandBuddhistphilosophystudyscheduleafterDrepungLoseling.Inparticular,hetookresponsibilityforteachingthedifferentmajorBuddhisttexts,Tibetangrammar,andothersubjects.Theresultofhiseffortswasverypositiveasboththestudent’soutermoralconductandinnerknowledgegreatlyimproved.Allimpartiallymindedscholarsandordinarypersonsalikefoundthisadmirable.WhilehetaughttheGreatStagesofthePathtoEnlightenmenthealsoincludedteachingsonavarietyofdifferenttextssuchasTheFoundationofGoodQualities,EssenceoftheVinayana-Ocean,BeginningandEnd,andothertexts.
InduringtheJangwinterassemblyinEasternTibetatZachuJumangMonastery,onenightwhenhewasthedefenderindebatehemadeitthroughtheentirenightundefeated.Atthattime,theGesheswhohad