2nd Dalai Lama
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| 2nd Dalai Lama | |
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| Reign | 1492–1542 |
| Predecessor | Gendun Drup |
| Successor | Sonam Gyatso |
| Tibetan | དགེ་འདུན་རྒྱ་མཚོ། |
| Wylie | dge-'dun rgya-mtsho |
| Transcription (PRC) |
Gêdün Gyaco |
| Chinese | 根敦嘉措 |
| Father | Kunga Gyaltsen |
| Mother | Machik Kunga Pemo |
| Born | 1475 Tanag Segme, Ü-Tsang, Tibet |
| Died | 1542 (aged 66–67) Tibet |
Gendun Gyatso Palzangpo, also Gendun Gyatso (Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན་རྒྱ་མཚོ།, Wylie: dge-'dun rgya-mtsho "Sublimely Glorious Ocean of Spiritual Aspirants", layname: Yonten Phuntsok) (1475–1542) was considered posthumously to be the second Dalai Lama.
He was born near Shigatse at Tanak, in the Tsang region of central Tibet. His father, Kunga Gyaltsen (1432–1481) (Wylie: kun dga' rgyal mtshan), was a ngakpa (married tantric practitioner) of the Nyingma lineage, a famous Nyingma tantric master. His mother was Machik Kunga Pemo, they were a farming family. His original heritage line came from Mongolia. His successor, the "third Dalai Lama" should have been chosen from Mongolian population, but with the force from the Tibet and Chinese government, they decided to chose the third Dalai Lama from the Tibet. According to scholar Gene Smith, "the rebirth of the First Dalai Lama as the son of Grub chen Kun dga' rgyal mtshan resulted in the end of a hereditary line of Shangs pa Bka' brgyud pa lamas."
Legend has it that soon after he learned to speak, he told his parents his name was Pema Dorje, the birth name of Gendun Drup (1391–1474) and that his father was Lobsang Drakpa, which was Tsongkapa's ordination name. When he was four, he reportedly told his parents he wished to live in the Tashilhunpo monastery (next to Shigatse and founded in 1447 by Gendun Drup) to be with his monks.
He was proclaimed the reincarnation of Gendun Drup as a young boy - according to some sources at the age of four years, and to others at eight.
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