Gyaltsab Je

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Gyaltsab Je (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་ཚབ་རྗེ་; Wylie: Rgyal tshab rje) (1364 - 1432) or more elaborately, Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen was born in the Tsang province of central Tibet. He was a famous student of Je Tsongkhapa, and actually became the first Ganden Tripa (throne holder) of the Gelug tradition after Je Tsongkhapa's death.

Gyaltsab Je was a prolific writer, one of his most famous texts are a commentary on A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way Of Life.