People/Dalai Lama, 2nd

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The Second Dalai Lama, Gendun Gyatso

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Gendun Gyatso was the reincarnation of Gendun Drub. He served as abbot of three of the most powerful Geluk monasteries in both U and Tsang, significantly contributing to the spread of the Geluk tradition. Gendun Gyatso retained relations to his family’s religious traditions, which included Nyingma, Shangpa Kagyu, and Sakya teachings. He built the Ganden Podrang at Drepung around the year 1530, which came to be the residence of the Dalai Lamas and the seat of their government of Tibet in later centuries. His abbacies occurred during a time of intermittent war between the Kagyu rulers of Tsang and the Geluk leaders of Lhasa.
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Main Wylie Name dge 'dun rgya mtsho
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    Links
    BDRC http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/P84
    Treasury of Lives https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Second-Dalai-Lama-Gendun-Gyatso/11114
    Himalayan Art Resources https://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=965