Background
He was born in Central Tibet, as Dorje Senge (རྡོ་རྗེ་ སེང་གེ. Wylie: rdo rje seng ge).
He was born in Central Tibet, as Dorje Senge (རྡོ་རྗེ་ སེང་གེ. Wylie: rdo rje seng ge).
His name derives from Langtang, the area in which he is said to have lived. He was a Kadampa master, and disciple of Potowa. In the 2nd water bird year he founded Langtang Monastery (གླང་ཐང་.
Wylie: glang thang), as a Kadampa monastery.
