Sonam Choklang ( Tib. བསོད་ ནམས་ ཕྱོག་ ཀྱི་ གླང་ པོ་ ་ , 1439-1504), a Tibetan Buddhist religious ascetic, founder of the Uding Monastery, was posthumously recognized as the second Panchen Lama .
| Sonam Choklang | ||
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| བསོད་ ནམས་ ཕྱོག་ ཀྱི་ གླང་ པོ་ ་ | ||
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| Community | Tibetan Buddhism | |
| Predecessor | Panchen Lama I, Kedrub Je | |
| Successor | Panchen Lama III, Ensapa Lobsan Dondup | |
| Birth | 1439 Tsang , Tibet | |
| Death | 1504 | |
Sonam Choklang belonged to the same genus as the third Panchen Lama, Ensapa Lobsan Dondup [1] . At a young age, he was given to the Ganden monastery for training. The fifth Ganden Tripa (rector of the Ganden monastery) Lodro Chokyong gave him the name Sonam Chokyi Langpo (or Sonam Choklang) [2] . In Ganden, before returning to his homeland in Tsang , he became a profound expert on Buddhist scriptures. In Tsang, he is known for ordering a large metal Buddha statue and founding a small monastery called Uding, or in other words, the Lower Monastery of Ensa (Wensa). He was posthumously awarded the title of the second Panchen Lama, as it is believed that he was the preliminary embodiment of the fourth Panchen Lama, Chokyi Gyaltsen , and the reincarnation of Kedrub Jae , who was also named posthumously the first Panchen Lama [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Zongkhapa, Galugpa, and the Dalai Lama
- ↑ Treasury of Lives: Panchen Lama Incarnation Lines (Link unavailable) . Date of treatment April 9, 2013. Archived February 15, 2013.
- ↑ The Second Paṇchen Lama, Sonam Chokyi Langpo