Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu-pel


gZhon-nu-dpal, also known as 'Gos Lo-tsa-ba was a famous Tibetan historian and scholar, known as the author of the "Blue Annals".

Life and achievements

He was born in 1392 at lho kha 'phyongs rgyas. He was a student of the fifth Karmapa Lama, Deshin Shekpa, from whom he received the bodhisattva precepts, as well as Tsongkhapa, and was a teacher of the sixth Karmapa, Thongwa Dönden.
He was the abbot of the Karmarñing Monastery and the author of the Blue Annals.

Works