Gedun Drub, 1st Dalai Lama

Gedun Drub (Wylie transliteration: '''Dge-'dun-grub), also spelled Gedun Drup''' (1391-1474) is retrospectively considered to be the first in the line of reincarnated Dalai Lamas of Tibet. Gedun Drub was a student of Je Tsongkhapa. Gedun Drub was born in a cowshed as the son of nomadic tribespeople, and raised as a shepherd until the age of seven. After this he was placed in Nartang (Nar-thang) monastery, and by the middle of his life he had become one of the most esteemed scholar-saints in the country. Some of the most famous texts Gedun Drub wrote were: * ''Sunlight on the Path to Freedom'', a commentary on Abhidharma-kosha * ''Crushing the Forces of Evil to Dust'', an epic poem on the life and liberating deeds of Buddha Shakyamuni * ''Song of the Eastern Snow Mountain'', a poem dedicated to Je Tsongkhapa Glenn Mullin's collection of translations of Gedun Drub's commentaries is a good start to learning more about the prolific writings and teachings of this important Tibetan Buddhist teacher. 1391 births 1474 deaths Dalai Lamas

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