Gorampa Sonam Sengge

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Gorampa Sonam Sengge
Tibetan name
Wylie transliteration :
go rams pa bsod nams seng ge
Other spellings:
Gorampa Sonam Senge
Chinese name
Pinyin :
Guorangba Suonan Sengge

Gorampa Sonam Sengge ( Tib . Go rams pa bsod nams seng ge * 1429 , † 1489 ) was a master of Sakya -School of Tibetan Buddhism . He is the author of an extensive collection of Sutra and Tantra Commentaries. In 1473 he founded the monastery Thubten Namgyel Ling ( thub bstan rnam rgyal gling ) in today's Namling County of Shigatse in Tibet . He was the 6th throne holder of the Ngor Monastery (chin. E'er si fatai鄂 尔 寺 法 台), the founding monastery of the Ngor tradition ( ngor pa ), one of the three main secondary schools of the Sakya tradition.

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  1. or Thupten Namgyal Ling; Dana Tudan Langjie si 达 那 图 旦 朗杰 寺 chin.Tudan Langjie Si 吐 丹朗杰 寺 or Tudan Nanjie Lin si 图丹南杰 林寺, (not to be confused with the younger monastery of the same name in Puruwala, Himachal Pradesh) in Tanag ( rta nag )