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Sonam Gyatso, born Ranu Sicho Pelzang in Lhasa, was a male politician and writer who held the position of Dalai Lama. He was a citizen of the Chinese Empire and adhered to Tibetan Buddhism within the Gelug religious order. His teacher was Panchen Sonam Dragpa.
Gyatso was born in 1543 and died on April 20, 1588, in Mongolia. He is associated with the work *Essence of refined gold*.
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- Essence of refined gold
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Key facts
- Title
- 3rd Dalai Lama
- Born
- 1543, Tolung, Ü-Tsang , Tibet
- Died
- 1588 (aged 44 – 45), Northern Yuan
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Period in office
- 1578–1588
- Predecessor
- Gendun Gyatso
- Successor
- Yonten Gyatso
- Chinese
- 索南嘉措
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Chinese Empire
- Place of birth
- Lhasa
- Place of death
- Mongolia
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Dalai Lama
- Religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Image
- Sonam Gyatso.jpg
- Religious order
- Gelug
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- Sonam Gyatso, 3rd Dalai Lama
- date of birth
- 1543-01-01
- date of death
- 1588-04-20
- birth name
- Ranu Sicho Pelzang
- name in native language
- བསོད་ ནམས་ རྒྱ་མཚོ
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Encyclopedic overview
Tibetan name Tibetan བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
The 3rd Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso (Tibetan: བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: Bsod Nams Rgya Mtsho) (1543–1588), was the first in the tulku lineage to be entitled formally as the Dalai Lama. In 1578 Altan Khan presented the spiritual title of Dalai Lama, in honor of Sonam Gyatso's profound teachings conferred in Mongolia, which soon became a Tibetan Buddhist country. He founded Kumbum Monastery, Lithang Monastery, and Namgyal Monastery. The spiritual title was retrospectively given to his two tulku lineage predecessors, the 1st Dalai Lama and the 2nd Dalai Lama.
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