Pabongkhapa

Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo (Tibetan: ཕ་བོང་ཁ་པ་བདེ་ཆེན་སྙིང་པོ, Wylie: pha bong kha pa bde chen snying po; 1878–1941) was a Geluglama in the modern era of Tibetan Buddhism. He obtained his Geshe degree at Sera Mey Monastic University in Lhasa and later became a teacher in Tibet, providing his services to laypeople and clergy alike. Pabongkha was offered the regency of the present Dalai Lama but declined the request, reportedly because "he strongly disliked political affairs."