Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama

Sönam Choklang (1439–1504) was a Tibetan Buddhist religious leader. He was from Tsang Province. He was posthumously recognised as the second Panchen Lama.[1]

Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama
Sönam Choklang
Tibetan name
Tibetan	བསོད་ནམས་ཕྱོག་ཀྱི་གླང་པོ་་
Transcriptions Wylie bsod nams phyogs glang, bsod nams phyogs kyi glang po THL Sönam Choklang Tibetan Pinyin Soinam Qoglang, Soinam Qoggyi Langbo Lhasa IPA [søʔnam tɕʰɔʔci laŋpɔ]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	索南却朗
Simplified Chinese	索南却朗
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Suǒnán Quèlǎng

He founded Wensa Monastery in Tsang, a Gelug hermitage known for the Wensa Nyengyu teachings.[2]

References

1. Schwieger, Peter (2015). The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China: A Political History of the Tibetan Institution of Reincarnation. Columbia University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780231538602.
2. "Wensa Monastery". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

Preceded by Khedrup Je	Panchen Lama	Succeeded by Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup