Panchen Sonam Drakpa
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Panchen Sonam Drakpa (Tibetan: པན་ཆེན་བསོད་ནམས་གྲགས་པ, Wylie: Pan-chen bSod-nams grags-pa) (1478–1554) was the fifteenth Ganden Tripa or throneholder of Ganden Monastery. His texts form the core curriculum for the Loseling College of Drepung Monastic University, the Shartse College of the Ganden Monastic University, and several other Gelugpa monasteries.[1] He was taught by the 2nd Dalai Lama and in turn later became the teacher of the 3rd Dalai Lama.
He was a scholar who is well-known for his New Red Annals.
Further reading
Panchen Sonam Dragpa, Wikipedia
Panchen Sonam Drakpa, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
Panchen Sonam Drakpa, Treasury of Lives
Notes
- ↑ A Brief History of Ganden Monastery by Alexander Berzin, 2003-09, retrieved 2016-06-21.