Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu-pel

gZhon-nu-dpal, also known as 'Gos Lo-tsa-ba was a famous Tibetan historian and scholar, known as the author of the "Blue Annals".

Life and achievements

He was born in 1392 at lho kha 'phyongs rgyas. He was a student of the fifth Karmapa Lama, Deshin Shekpa, from whom he received the bodhisattva precepts, as well as Tsongkhapa, and was a teacher of the sixth Karmapa, Thongwa Dönden.
He was the abbot of the Karmarñing Monastery and the author of the Blue Annals.

Works

His most famous work, the "Blue Annals", was completed in 1478, near the end of his life, and the text was dictated by him to some of his attendants.
'Khrul-sel, written in 1442-1443.
His wrote a commentary on the Ratnagotravibhaga which extensively explored and contrasted Buddha-nature, described by Mathes.