The Panchen Lama (Tibetan: པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ་; Chinese: 班禪喇嘛) is the second highest ranking Lama after the Dalai Lama in the Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa) sect of Tibetan Buddhism (the sect which controlled Tibet from the 16th century until the Seventeen Point Agreement). The successive Panchen lamas form a tulku reincarnation lineage which are said to be the incarnations of Amitabha Buddha. The name, meaning "great scholar", is a Tibetan contraction of the Sanskrit paṇḍita (scholar) and the Tibetan chenpo (great). (more)
Genres: politics, buddhism, religious
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History of Tibet:
Tibetan history is characterized by a special dedication to the Buddhist religion, both in the eyes of its own people as well as for the Mongol and Manchu peoples.
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Sakya Pandita:
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen or Kunga Gylatshan Pal Zangpo (1182-1251) was a Tibetan spiritual leader and Buddhist scholar and the fourth of the Five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet. Kunga Gyeltsen is generally known simply as Sakya Pandita,
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Gedhun Choekyi Nyima:
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (born April 25 1989) is the eleventh Panchen Lama as interpreted by most Tibetan Buddhists. He was born in Lhari County, Tibet. On May 14, 1995, Gedhum Choekyi Myima was named the 11th Panchen Lama by the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin
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Qoigyijabu:
Jizün Losang Qamba Lhünzhub Qoigyijabu Baisangbu (born Gyaincain Norbu, February 13 1990), commonly known as Qoigyijabu, is the eleventh incarnation of the Tibetan Panchen Lama as interpreted by the People's Republic of China. He is the son of two Co
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Choekyi Gyaltsen:
Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen (February 19, 1938 - January 28, 1989) was the 10th Panchen Lama of Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism. He was often referred to simply as Choekyi Gyaltsen (which can be Choekyi Gyaltse, Choskyi Gyantsen, etc.),
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Lobsang Palden Yeshe:
Lobsang Palden Yeshe (1738–1780) ( ) was the Sixth Panchen Lama of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet. Lobsang Palden Yeshe was the elder step-brother of the 10th Shamarpa, Mipam Chödrup Gyamtso (1742-1793). He was distinguished by his writings and inter
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Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen:
Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen ( ) (1570–1662) was the fourth Panchen Lama of Tibet, and the first to be accorded this title during his lifetime. Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen was the teacher and close ally of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Lozang Gyatso, called "the Grea
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Lobsang Yeshe:
Lobsang Yeshe ( ; also written Lobsang Yeshi) (1663 - 1737) was the 5th Panchen Lama of Tibet. He was born of a well-known and noble family in the province of Tsang. His father's name was De-chhen-gyalpo and his mother's Serab-Drolma. He was soon rec
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Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama:
Thubten Choekyi Nyima ( ) (1883 - 1937), often referred to as Choekyi Nyima, was the 9th Panchen Lama of Tibet. In 1901, Choekyi Nyima was visited by the Mongolian Lama, Agvan Dorzhiev. Although he only stayed for two days at Tashilhunpo, Dorzhiev re
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Tenpai Wangchuk:
Tenpai Wangchuk (1855 - 1882), was the 8th Panchen Lama of Tibet. In 1822 the 10th Dalai Lama, was placed upon the Golden Throne and soon after his enthronement received his pre-novice ordination from Palden Tenpai Nyima, who gave him the name of Tsu
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Tashilhunpo Monastery:
Tashilhunpo Monastery, founded in 1447 by Gendun Drup, the First Dalai Lama, is a historic and culturally important monastery next to Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. It was sacked when the Gurkhas invaded Tibet and captured Shigatse in 17
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Khedrup Gelek Pelzang:
Khedrup Gelek Pelzang (1385-1438) better known as Khedrup Je, the 1st Panchen Lama, was one of the main disciples of Lama Tsongkhapa (founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism). Before becoming Tsongkhapa's foremost disciple, Khedrup Je had
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Kelzang Gyatso, 7th Dalai Lama:
Kelzang Gyatso (Wylie: Bskal-bzang Rgya-mtsho) (1708 – 1757), also spelled Kelsang Gyatso and Kezang Gyatso, was the 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was born in Litang of Eastern Tibet, in the present-day Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of present-da
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Palden Tenpai Nyima:
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Sönam Choklang:
Sönam Choklang (1438–1505) was a Tibetan Buddhist religious leader. He was posthumously recognised as the second Panchen Lama.
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Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup:
Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup (1505–1568) was a Tibetan Buddhist religious leader. He was posthumously recognised as the third Panchen Lama. Ensapa was known to have spent more than 20 years meditating in isolated caves near the Himalayan mountains. When he
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