As a Dalai Lama, Tsangyang had composed excellent works of songs and poems, but often went against the principles of the
Gelug School of
Tibetan Buddhism. For example, he decided to give
getsul vows to
Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama at eighteen instead of taking the full
gelong vows normal for his age. The Panchen Lama, who was the abbot of
Tashilhunpo Monastery, and Prince Lhazang, the younger brother of the
Po Gyalpo Wangyal, persuaded him not to do so. Tsangyang Gyatso enjoyed a lifestyle that included drinking, the company of women, and writing love songs. He visited the 5th Panchen Lama in
Shigatse and, requesting his forgiveness, renounced the vows of a novice monk. He ordered the building of the
Tromzikhang palace in
Barkhor, Lhasa. Tsangyang Gyatso had always rejected life as a monk, although this did not mean the abdication of his position as the
Dalai Lama. Wearing the clothes of a normal layman and preferring to walk than to ride a horse or use the
state palanquin, Tsangyang only kept the temporal prerogatives of the Dalai Lama. He also visited the parks and spent nights in the streets of
Lhasa, drinking wine, singing songs and having amorous relations with girls. Tsangyang retreated to live in a tent in the park near the northern escarpment of
Potala Palace. Tsangyang finally gave up his discourses in public parks and places in 1702, which he had been required to do as part of his training. ==Capture and disappearance==