Sönam Choklang (1439–1504) was a Tibetan Buddhist religious leader. He was from Tsang Province. He was posthumously recognised as the second Panchen Lama.[1]
| Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama | |||||||||||
 Sönam Choklang | |||||||||||
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| Tibetan | བསོད་ནམས་ཕྱོག་ཀྱི་གླང་པོ་་ | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 索南却朗 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 索南却朗 | ||||||||||
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He founded Wensa Monastery in Tsang, a Gelug hermitage known for the Wensa Nyengyu teachings.[2]
References edit
- ^ Schwieger, Peter (2015). The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China: A Political History of the Tibetan Institution of Reincarnation. Columbia University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780231538602.
- ^ "Wensa Monastery". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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