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Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama

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Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama
Sönam Choklang
Tibetan name
Tibetan བསོད་ནམས་ཕྱོག་ཀྱི་གླང་པོ་་
Transcriptions
Wyliebsod nams phyogs glang, bsod nams phyogs kyi glang po
THLSönam Choklang
Tibetan PinyinSoinam Qoglang, Soinam Qoggyi Langbo
Lhasa IPA[søʔnam tɕʰɔʔci laŋpɔ]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese索南却朗
Simplified Chinese索南却朗
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSuǒnán Quèlǎng

Sönam Choklang (1439–1504) was a Tibetan Buddhist religious leader. He was from Tsang Province. He was posthumously recognised as the second Panchen Lama.[1]

He founded Wensa Monastery in Tsang, a Gelug hermitage known for the Wensa Nyengyu teachings.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Schwieger, Peter (2015). The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China: A Political History of the Tibetan Institution of Reincarnation. Columbia University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780231538602.
  2. ^ "Wensa Monastery". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
Preceded by Panchen Lama Succeeded by