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Songtsen Gampo
Songtsen Gampo (srong btsan sgam po). (569-650) or (617-650). The king of Tibet in the seventh century Tibetan who prepared the way for transmission of the teachings. He is regarded as an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara. He married Bhrikuti of Nepal and Wen Cheng of China who each brought a sacred statue of Buddha Shakyamuni to Lhasa. Songtsen Gampo built the first Buddhist temples in Tibet, established a code of laws based on Dharma principles, and had his minister Thonmi Sambhota develop the Tibetan script. During his reign the translation of Buddhist texts into Tibetan began. King Song Tsen Gampo took control of the kingdom at the
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built Rasa Trulnang Tsuglag Kbang and Ramoche Tsuglag Khang two temples
in Lhasa. He sent his minister Thonmi Sambhota to India to learn Sanskrit
and writing, and as a result a Tibetan script was then modelled one
of those current in India. He invited Acharya Kumara and Brahmin Shankara
from India and the Nepalese Acharya Shilmanju, who began the propagation
and translation of the Buddha's teachings. Although there was neither
conspicuous nor extensive study of Buddhist doctrine, the king himself
gave instructions to many fortunate people, mostly concerning the teachings
of the Arya Avalokiteshvara.
