In this video, Pasang Wangdu reads from and gives oral commentaries on the historical annals written by the Fifth Dalai Lama. This section gives an account of how Samyé was built and the 5^th Dalai Lama’s critique of the dating of Samyé found in the Testament of Ba (Tib. Sba bzhad) and other texts. It also covers the consecration of Samyé, the ordination of the first monks in Tibet by Shantarakshita, and the invitation of the great translator Vairocana, the great master Vimalamitra, and others. The text covered in the video follows pages 62 to 65 in the Beijing 1980 edition of Bod kyi deb ther dpyid kyi rgyal mo’i glu dbyang.