1st Dalai Lama

1st Dalai Lama, Gedun Drupa
དགེ་འདུན་གྲུབ་པ།
དགེ་འདུན་གྲུབ་པ།
Title1st Dalai Lama (posthumous designation)
Personal
Born
Péma Dorjee

1391
Shabtod, Ü-Tsang, Tibet
Died1474 (aged 82–83)
Ü-Tsang, Tibet
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
Parents
  • Gonpo Dorjee (father)
  • Jomo Namkha Kyi (mother)
Senior posting
SuccessorGedun Gyatso
Chinese name
Chinese根敦朱巴
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyingēndūn zhūbā
Tibetan name
Tibetanདགེ་འདུན་གྲུབ་པ
Transcriptions
Wyliedge 'dun grub pa
THLGedün Drubpa
Tibetan PinyinKendun Drup pa
Original name: Péma Dorjee
Chinese name
Chinese巴玛多杰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinbāmǎ duōjié
Tibetan name
Tibetanཔད་མ་རྡོ་རྗེ་
Transcriptions
Wyliepad ma rdo rje

The 1st Dalai Lama, Gedun Drupa[1] (Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན་གྲུབ་པ།, Wylie: dge 'dun grub pa; 1391–1474) was a student of Je Tsongkhapa, and became his first Khenpo (Abbott) at Ganden Monastery. He also founded Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Shigaste. He was posthumously awarded the spiritual title of Dalai Lama.[2]

  1. ^ "Short Biographies of the Previous Dalai Lamas". DalaiLama.com. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "dge 'dun grub pa". Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center. Retrieved May 20, 2015.