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Gedun Gyatso, (Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན་རྒྱ་མཚོ།, Wylie: dge-'dun rgya-mtsho, "Sublimely Glorious Ocean of Spiritual Aspirants", layname: Yonten Phuntsok; 1475–1542) also Gendun Gyatso Palzangpo, was considered posthumously to have been the second Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama is considered to be the successor in a line of tulkus who are believed [2] to be incarnations of Avalokiteśvara, [1] the Bodhisattva of Compassion. [5] [6] Since the time of the 5th Dalai Lama in the 17th century, the Dalai Lama has been a symbol of unification of the state of Tibet. [7]
Gendun Gyatso was the reincarnation of Gendun Drub. He served as abbot of three of the most powerful Geluk monasteries in both U and Tsang, significantly contributing to the spread of the Geluk tradition. Gendun Gyatso retained relations to his family’s religious traditions, which included Nyingma, Shangpa Kagyu, and Sakya teachings. He built the Ganden Podrang at Drepung around the year 1530, which came to be the residence of the Dalai Lamas and the seat of their government of Tibet in ...
Gedun Gyatso,, "Sublimely Glorious Ocean of Spiritual Aspirants", layname: Yonten Phuntsok; 1475–1542), was considered posthumously to have been the second Dalai Lama. He was born in 1475 in Tanag Sekme, near Shigatse in the Tsang region of central Tibet to Kunga Gyaltso and Machik Kunga Pemo, a farming family.
The Second Dalai Lama, Gedun Gyatso. The Second Dalai Lama, Gedun Gyatso was born in 1475 in Tanag Sekme, near Shigatse in the Tsang region of central Tibet to Kunga Gyaltso and Machik Kunga Pemo, a farming family. His father was a well-known tantric practitioner belonging to the Nyingmapa sect.
Oct 22, 2013 · Did you know that the 2nd Dalai Lama, Gendun Gyatso (1476–1542), was posthumously identified as the Second Dalai Lama only after the 3rd Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso, (1543–1588) was given the title?
Gendun Gyatso Palzangpo (Wylie: dge 'dun rgya mtsho), also Gendun Gyatso ("Sublimely Glorious Ocean of Spiritual Aspirants}", layname: Yonten Phuntsok) (1475–1542) was the second Dalai Lama. He was born near Shigatse at Tanak, in the Tsang region of central Tibet .
Jul 10, 2024 · The second head of the Dge-lugs-pa order, Dge-’dun-rgya-mtsho (1475–1542), became the head abbot of the ’Bras-spungs (Drepung) monastery on the outskirts of Lhasa, which thenceforward was the principal seat of the Dalai Lama.
Gendun Gyatso (Tib. དགེ་འདུན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wyl. dge 'dun rgya mtsho) (1475-1542) — the Second Dalai Lama.
Gedun Gyatso Palzangpo (Wylie transliteration: Dge-‘dun Rgya-mtsho), also Gendun Gyatso and sometimes Gednun Gyatso (“Sublimely Glorious Ocean of Spiritual Aspirants”, layname: Yonten Phuntsok) (1475 – 1541) was the second Dalai Lama.
