Sonam Tsemo

Sonam Tsemo and his lineage, 17th-century painting from Ngor Monastery
Teacher (Lama) Sonam Tsemo, 6th-century painting, Boston Museum of Fine Art

Sonam Tsemo (Tibetan: བསོད་ནམས་རྩེ་མོ, Wylie: bsod nams rtse mo, THL: sönam tsemo; 1142–1182) (or Lobpon Rinpoche Sonam Tsemo), an important Tibetan sprititual leader and Buddhist scholar, was the second of the so-called Five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet, the founding fathers of the Sakya tradition.[1]

  1. ^ "The Sakya Tradition: Loppon Sonam Tsemo: Holy Biography of the Second Founder of the Sakya Order". HH the Sakya Trizin. 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-09.