Gendün Gyatso

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.

Internal Links

• Dalai Lama Incarnation Line

Further Reading

• Selected Works of the Dalai Lama II, translated by G.H. Mullin, Snow Lion, 1985