Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Sonan Gyatso (1543 - 1588) was the first officially recognized Dalai Lama by the Mongolians, who gave this teacher the Mongolian name of the Lama (teacher) that has knowledge vast as an ocean (Dalai). External Link http://www.vajraguru.com/3-dalai.htm This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.