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'''Gendun Gyatso''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dge 'dun rgya mtsho'') (1475–1541) — the Second Dalai Lama. Born | '''Gendun Gyatso''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dge 'dun rgya mtsho'') (1475–1541) — the Second Dalai Lama. Born into a noble [[Nyingmapa]] family of Tsang, Gendun Gyatso would only be formally enthroned in his monastery of [[Tashi Lhungpo Monastery|Tashi Lhungpo]] 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. | ||
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Gendun Gyatso (Wyl. dge 'dun rgya mtsho) (1475–1541) — the Second Dalai Lama. Born into a noble Nyingmapa family of Tsang, Gendun Gyatso would only be formally enthroned in his monastery of Tashi Lhungpo 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.
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Further Reading
- Selected Works of the Dalai Lama II, translated by G.H. Mullin, snow Lion, 1985