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'''Gendün Drup''' (1391-1474) - the first Dalai Lama.
'''Gendün Drup''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dge 'dun  grub'') (1391-1474) - Born in a simple nomadic family of Tsang, Gendün Drup will become an incredibly learned and realized master. He began studying in the [[Kadampa]] tradition but then followed the [[Gelugpa]] school after meeting with [[Tsongkhapa]] in 1415 in Central Tibet. He will be given the title of First Dalai Lama two centuries later.


==Internal Links==
==Internal Links==
*[[Dalai Lama Incarnation Line]]
*[[Dalai Lama Incarnation Line]]
*[[Tashi Lhungpo Monastery]]
==Further Reading==
*Gendun Drub, ''Bridging the Sutras and Tantra'', translated by G.H. Mullin, Snow Lion, 1982


[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Historical Masters]]

Revision as of 20:22, 28 August 2008

Gendün Drup (Wyl. dge 'dun grub) (1391-1474) - Born in a simple nomadic family of Tsang, Gendün Drup will become an incredibly learned and realized master. He began studying in the Kadampa tradition but then followed the Gelugpa school after meeting with Tsongkhapa in 1415 in Central Tibet. He will be given the title of First Dalai Lama two centuries later.

Internal Links

Further Reading

  • Gendun Drub, Bridging the Sutras and Tantra, translated by G.H. Mullin, Snow Lion, 1982