Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama

Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama
Sönam Choklang
Tibetan name
Tibetan བསོད་ནམས་ཕྱོག་ཀྱི་གླང་པོ་་
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 索南却朗
Simplified Chinese 索南却朗

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

  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 2018-09-15.
Preceded by
Khedrup Je		 Panchen Lama Succeeded by
Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup



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