Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama explained

T:བསོད་ནམས་ཕྱོག་ཀྱི་གླང་པོ་་
W:bsod nams phyogs glang, bsod nams phyogs kyi glang po
Ipa:in Tibetan pronounced as /søʔnam tɕʰɔʔci laŋpɔ/
Z:Soinam Qoglang, Soinam Qoggyi Langbo
Thdl:Sönam Choklang
E:Sönam Choklang, Sönam Choglang
Tc:索南却朗
S:索南却朗
P:Suǒnán 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Schwieger. Peter. The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China: A Political History of the Tibetan Institution of Reincarnation. 2015. Columbia University Press. 9780231538602. 24. en.
  2. News: Wensa Monastery. The Treasury of Lives. 2018-09-15. en.