Dge-’dun-rgya-mtsho

Dalai Lama

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  • 14th Dalai Lama
    In Dalai Lama: History of Dalai Lamas

    …of the Dge-lugs-pa (Gelukpa) order, Dge-’dun-rgya-mtsho (Gendun Gyatso; 1475–1542), became the head abbot of the ’Bras-spungs (Drepung) monastery on the outskirts of Lhasa, which thenceforward was the principal seat of the Dalai Lama.

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