ZhangzhungDrenpaNamkha was born to GrungyarMukhoe and ShazaGungzun at the silver palace of Garuda, Zhangzhung in 914 BCE. He was given name as Khoe (Gyoe) PungDrenpaNamkha. The eight great sages of Zhangzhung including Dha Mi Thad Ke took care of him. He studied calligraphy and reading until he reached eight years old. He received a detailed oral tantric transmission of the Wrathful Powerful one from WonseDhami Thad Ke. He learned about Zhangzhung on the great tantra of Fire Mountains from Zhangzhung scholar TonggyuThuchen, a principal scholar of four great scholars. He received the thirteen Tantric sections and General Discipline and so on from his master TaglaMebar and put them into practical meditation at the mountain of the heap of Yungdrung. He received many lineages of oral transmission of teaching from India and the country of Udyana. He trained in powerful reversing arguments at the Silver Palace of Garuda.
He went through the training in the outer and inner secret tantra at the different directions of mountains and seas of Zhangzhung and Tibet including Mt. Kaislash and YarlhaShampo, a mountain in the Yarlung valley of Central Tibet and so on. He blessed all those places. He received the essence of the teaching of the great learned and accomplished Vidyadhara of Zhangzhung, India, China, Nepal, DrushaThoegar, the country of Udyana and so on and he dedicated a lot to the welfare of the beings there. He completely understood the outer, inner and secret teaching of Bon tradition which has carried the lineage of the three great Shen masters: Chime and his two prominent disciples. He gained the attainment too. As a part of the practice of union of means and wisdom, he accepted DakiniWoedenBarma as his consort and delivered two sons. He worked as a translator for spiritual teaching and made a great contribution to the preservation of Zhangzhung and Tibetan ancient culture rough many ways such as burying many Bon texts as treasures during the early destruction of Bon tradition at the rein of the ancient Tibetan king, Gri Gum Btsan Po. His many compositions are present even today.