Tsongkhapa biography of nancy

Je Tsongkhapa
(1357-1419)

Tsongkhapa Lobsang Drakpa was born in the Tsongkha region of Amdo in 1357.

His mother was Shingza Acho and his father was Lubum Ge.

Among the numerous miraculous incidents and omens believed to have taken place surrounding his birth, perhaps the most famous is

that of a drop of blood from Tsongkhapa's umbilical cord that is said to have fallen on to the ground, giving rise to a sandalwood tree

whose leaves bore symbols related to the Siṁhanāda manifestation of the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī, a deity with whom Tsongkhapa would later be identified.

His mother later built a Stūpa on this spot and over time further structures and temples were added.

Today the location of Tsongkhapa's birth is marked by KumbumMonastery, founded in 1583 by the Third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso (1543-1588) on the spot of the original Stūpa.

At the age of 3, Tsongkhapa took lay upāsaka vows from the Fourth K