Gyeltsab Darma Rinchen

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Gyaltsab Je (1364-1432)

Gyeltsab Darma Rinchen (rgyal tshab dar ma rin chen) (1364 – 1432), a.k.a Gyaltsab Je (rgyal tshab rje), was a famous student of Je Tsongkhapa who became the first Ganden Tripa (throne holder) of the Gelug tradition after Je Tsongkhapa's death. He also studied with Rendawa Zhonnu Lodro (1349–1412), a distinguished Sakya scholar.

He was a prolific writer; one of his most famous texts is a commentary of Shantideva's Bodhisattvacaryavatara.[1] Lodrö Tenpa, the seventh Ganden Tripa, was his student.[2]

He was born in the Tsang province of central Tibet.

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