Ngak'chang Yolmo Ten'dzin Norbu

Ngak'chang Yolmo Ten'dzin Norbu (sNgags ‘chang yol mo sPrul sKu rig 'dzin bsTan 'dzin nor bu / སྔགས་འཆང་ཡོལ་མོ་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་རིག་འཛིན་བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་བུ་).་was the 3rd incarnation of gTértön and Rig’dzin Ngak’chang Shakya Sangpo who opened the hidden land in Yolmo.

He wrote the following text:
༄Merely seeing the Ngakpa Rig’zins with their hair ralpa topknots and white robes, their minds ablaze with nondual vajra rage like violent flames — is wonderful.
༄The baseless mikha concerning them leads to hell, and one feels unbearable pity for these slanderers. Therefore, I composed this brief explanation of the་appropriateness of this comportment. This is the explanation of the topic of my discourse.
༄The unaltered hair and the un-dyed white cloth are the signs of not being contrived and therefore are the marks of the gö kar chang lo’ dé.
༄The ngakpa’s unaltered hair, although often arrayed in intricate styles above the head, are never cut or combed. ༄Accordingly, they are understood as hair in its natural state.
༄This is the most frequently offered explication of the symbol provided by the ngakpas themselves: their uncontrived hair represents the uncontrived mind of the meditator, absorbed in contemplation of the nature of reality. In this sense, the uncontrived hair may be read as an assertion that the bearer has transcended the need for celibacy symbolised by the shaved head.
༄While monastics must shave their heads at least once a month, the ngakpa’s hairstyle is effortless and natural.
༄The freedom from this need to repeatedly shave the head connects ngakpas with Sakyamuni. It is said that after Sakyamuni cut his hair upon leaving the palace, it was never cut again.

༄If you say that it is inappropriate to wear the accouterments of Héruka until one has attained the level of Küntuzangpo or Dorjechang, then it follows that it is not appropriate to shave one’s head and dye one’s robes until the level of Sakyamuni is attained. So you monastics — throw away your venerable robes!

Ngak'chang Yolmo Ten'dzin Norbu was a gTértön — and a disciple of Ngak'chang Rin’dzin Ngakyi Wangpo from the Dorje Drak Chang gTer lineage.