Kunzang Pelden (sometimes known as Khenpo Kunpel) was born in Tibet in 1862. One of the great monk-scholars of the Nyingma tradition, he was a close disciple of the famous Patrul Rinpoche, the renowned author of The Words of My Perfect Teacher. He composed numerous important texts, notably The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech, which was culled from the teachings of Patrul Rinpoche himself.
