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'''Gendun Gyatso''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dge 'dun rgya  mtsho'') (1475-1542) — the Second Dalai Lama. Born into a noble [[Nyingmapa]] family of Tsang, Gendun Gyatso would only be formally enthroned at the [[Tashilhunpo Monastery]] founded by his predecessor, at the age of eleven, after having received a number of [[empowerment]]s and teachings of both the Nyingma and [[Sarma]] traditions from his father who was a great Nyingmapa yogin. His writings include a commentary on ''[[Chanting the Names of Manjushri]]''.
[[image:GendunGyatso-1.jpg|frame|'''Gendün Gyatso''']]
'''Gendun Gyatso''' (Tib. དགེ་འདུན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''dge 'dun rgya  mtsho'') (1475-1542) — the Second Dalai Lama. Born into a noble [[Nyingmapa]] family of Tsang, Gendun Gyatso would only be formally enthroned at the [[Tashilhunpo Monastery]] founded by his predecessor, at the age of eleven, after having received a number of [[empowerment]]s and teachings of both the [[Nyingma]] and [[Sarma]] traditions from his father who was a great Nyingmapa yogin. His writings include a commentary on ''[[Chanting the Names of Manjushri]]''.


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*Amy Heller, 'The Second Dalai Lama, Gendün Gyatso (1475–1542)' in Martin Brauen (ed.), ''The Dalai Lamas: A Visual History'', Serindia, 2005, ISBN  978-1932476224
*Amy Heller, ''The Second Dalai Lama, Gendün Gyatso (1475–1542)' in Martin Brauen (ed.), ''The Dalai Lamas: A Visual History'', Serindia, 2005, ISBN  978-1932476224
*''Selected Works of the Dalai Lama II'', translated by Glenn H. Mullin, Snow Lion, 1985, ISBN 978-0937938287
*''Selected Works of the Dalai Lama II'', translated by Glenn H. Mullin, Snow Lion, 1985, ISBN 978-0937938287
*Glenn H. Mullin, ''Mystical Verses of a Mad Dalai Lama'', Quest Books, 1994, ISBN  978-0835607001
*Glenn H. Mullin, ''Mystical Verses of a Mad Dalai Lama'', Quest Books, 1994, ISBN  978-0835607001
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*{{TBRC|P84|TBRC Profile}}
*{{TBRC|P84|TBRC Profile}}
*[http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Second-Dalai-Lama-Gendun-Gyatso/11114 Biography at Treasury of Lives]


[[Category: Dalai Lamas]]
[[Category: Dalai Lamas]]
[[Category: Gelugpa Masters]]
[[Category: Gelugpa Masters]]

Latest revision as of 23:57, 16 April 2018

Gendün Gyatso

Gendun Gyatso (Tib. དགེ་འདུན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wyl. dge 'dun rgya mtsho) (1475-1542) — the Second Dalai Lama. Born into a noble Nyingmapa family of Tsang, Gendun Gyatso would only be formally enthroned at the Tashilhunpo Monastery founded by his predecessor, at the age of eleven, after having received a number of empowerments and teachings of both the Nyingma and Sarma traditions from his father who was a great Nyingmapa yogin. His writings include a commentary on Chanting the Names of Manjushri.

Further Reading

  • Amy Heller, The Second Dalai Lama, Gendün Gyatso (1475–1542)' in Martin Brauen (ed.), The Dalai Lamas: A Visual History, Serindia, 2005, ISBN 978-1932476224
  • Selected Works of the Dalai Lama II, translated by Glenn H. Mullin, Snow Lion, 1985, ISBN 978-0937938287
  • Glenn H. Mullin, Mystical Verses of a Mad Dalai Lama, Quest Books, 1994, ISBN 978-0835607001
  • Glenn H. Mullin, The Second Dalai Lama: His Life and Teachings, Snow Lion, 2005, ISBN 978-1559392334

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