About Geshe Lobsang Tayang

Geshe Lobsang Tayang was born in 1867 in the Gobi desert, was renowned for his vast knowledge of Buddhism. He was compared to the Indian pandit Ashvagosha, author of the “50 Verses of Guru Devotion”, and served as the lineage holder of many sacred practices. Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s collection of written works, known as his sungbum , has been used by Mongolian, Tibetan and Western scholars of Tibetan Buddhism such as Lhatsun Rinpoche, one of Kyabje Yongdzin Ling Rinpoche’s teachers.