Gyalsey Tenzin Rabgye

Tenzin Rabgye (Dzongkha: བསྟན་འཛིན་རབ་རྒྱས, 1638–1696) was the fourth Druk Desi (secular ruler of Bhutan) who ruled from 1680 to 1694.

He is believed to have been the first to have categorized formally the zorig chusum (the thirteen traditional arts of Bhutan).

In 1692, he was first formally categorized during the rule of Tenzin Rabgye (1680–1694), the 4th Druk Desi (secular ruler).

In 1692, he visited the sacred cave of Taktsang Pelphug during the Tsechu season and founded a temple there devoted to Padmasambhava.

Gyalsey Tenzin Rabgye was son of Tshewang Tenzin and Damchoe Tenzima (daughter of the Lama of Chang Gangkha) born in 1638 AD, received religious instructions from a very young age in the Drukpa Lineage tradition from Zhabdrung and his teacher Damchoe Gyeltshen and was very proficient in the tradition when he ascended the throne of Desi at the age of 31.