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Khedrup Je, 1st Panchen Lama
Khedrup Je, 1st Panchen Lama

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). 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 Tibetan refers to a group of languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia as well as by overseas Lama ( is a title for a Tibetan teacher The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people according to Tibetan Buddhism. The Gelug or Gelug-pa, also known as the Yellow Hat sect, is a school of Buddhism founded by Tsongkhapa (1357–1419 a Philosopher Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including Definitions of Tibet See also Definitions of Tibet Name In English The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European The Agreement of the Central People's Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, or the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful The successive Panchen lamas form a tulku reincarnation lineage which are said to be the incarnations of Amitabha Buddha. A tulku ( also tülku, trulku) is a Tibetan Buddhist Lama who has through Phowa and Siddhi, consciously Amitābha ( Sanskrit: अमिताभ Amitābha (wordstem pronunciation; Chinese: 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuó Fó; Tibetan: འོད་དཔག་མེད་ The name, meaning "great scholar", is a Tibetan contraction of the Sanskrit paṇḍita (scholar) and the Tibetan chenpo (great).

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The current Panchen Lama

Who is the true present (11th) incarnation of the Panchen Lama is a matter of controversy: the People's Republic of China asserts it is Qoigyijabu, while the Tibetan Government in Exile maintains it is Gedhun Choekyi Nyima; the latter was arrested by the Chinese government in 1995 and as of 2008 has not been seen in public. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Jizün Losang Qamba Lhünzhub Qoigyijabu Baisangbu (born Gyaincain Norbu, February 13 1990) commonly known as Qoigyijabu, is the The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA officially the Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, is a Government in exile headed by Tenzin Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (born April 25 1989 is the eleventh Panchen Lama as interpreted by most Tibetan Buddhists [1]

The recognition of Panchen Lamas has always been a matter involving the Dalai Lama [2][3]. The 10th Panchen Lama himself declared, as cited by an official Chinese review that "according to Tibetan tradition, the confirmation of either the Dalai or Panchen must be mutually recognized. Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen ( February 19, 1938 &ndash January 28, 1989) was the 10th Panchen Lama of Gelug "[4] The involvement of China in this affair is seen by some as a political ploy to try to gain control over the recognition of the next Dalai Lama (see below), and to strengthen their hold over the future of Tibet and its governance. China claims however, that their involvement does not break with tradition in that the final decision about the recognition of both the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama traditionally rested in the hands of the Chinese emperor. [5]

Relation to the Dalai Lama Lineage

The Panchen Lama bears part of the responsibility for finding the incarnation of the Dalai Lama and vice versa. The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people according to Tibetan Buddhism. Furthermore, the search for the late Panchen Lama's reincarnation, or any reincarnation, is a philosophic matter. In the case of the Panchen Lama, the procedures traditionally involve a final selection process by the Dalai Lama. This has been the tradition since the Fifth Dalai lama, Ngawang Lobsang, recognized his teacher as the Panchen (Great Scholar) Lama of Tashilhunpo Monastery (Bkra-shis Lhung-po) in Shigatse (Gzhis-ka rtse). Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, the Great Fifth Dalai Lama (1617 &ndash 1682 was a political and religious leader in seventeenth-century Tibet. Tashilhunpo Monastery ( founded in 1447 by Gendun Drup, the First Dalai Lama, is a historic and culturally important Monastery next to With this appointment, Lobsang Choekyi Gyaltsen's three previous incarnations were posthumously recognised as Panchen Lamas. The Fifth Dalai Lama also recognized Panchen Lobsang Yeshe (Blo-bzang Ye-shes) as the Fifth Panchen Lama. Lobsang Yeshe ( also written Lobsang Yeshi) (1663 &ndash 1737 was the 5th Panchen Lama of Tibet. The Seventh Dalai Lama recognized the Sixth Panchen Lama, who in turn recognized the Eighth Dalai Lama. Kelzang Gyatso ( Wylie: Bskal-bzang Rgya-mtsho) (1708 – 1757 also spelled Kelsang Gyatso and Kezang Gyatso, was the 7th Dalai Lama Lobsang Palden Yeshe (1738–1780 ( was the Sixth Panchen Lama of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet. Jamphel Gyatso (1758 &ndash 1804 was the 8th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Similarly, the Eighth Dalai Lama recognised the Seventh Panchen Lama. Footnotes [6]

Choekyi Gyaltsen, the 10th Panchen Lama, became the most important political and religious figure in Tibet following the 14th Dalai Lama's escape to India in 1959. Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen ( February 19, 1938 &ndash January 28, 1989) was the 10th Panchen Lama of Gelug Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (born Lhamo Döndrub ( 6 July 1935 in Qinghai) He is the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In April, 1959 the 10th Panchen Lama sent a telegram to Beijing expressing his support for suppressing the 1959 rebellion. “He also called on Tibetans to support the Chinese government. ” [7] However, in 1964, he was imprisoned. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. [8] His situation worsened when the Cultural Revolution began. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China was a struggle for power within the Communist Party of China that manifested into The Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng wrote in March 1979 a letter denouncing the inhuman conditions of the Chinese Qincheng Prison where the late Panchen Lama was imprisoned. Wei Jingsheng ( Chinese: 魏京生 Pinyin ：Wèi Jīngshēng born May 20, 1950) is an Activist in the Chinese democracy Qincheng Prison (秦城监狱 is a maximum-security prison located in the Changping District northwest of Beijing. [9] In October 1977, he was released but held under house arrest in Beijing until 1982. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) In 1979, he married a Han Chinese woman and in 1983 they had a daughter,[10] which was considered controversial for a Gelug lama. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Han Chinese ( are an Ethnic group native to China and by most modern definitions the largest single Ethnic group in the world. The Gelug or Gelug-pa, also known as the Yellow Hat sect, is a school of Buddhism founded by Tsongkhapa (1357–1419 a Philosopher In 1989, the 10th Panchen Lama died suddenly in Shigatse, Tibet, at the age of 51, shortly after giving a speech critical of the Chinese neglect for the religion and culture of the Tibetans. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) [11] His daughter, now a young woman, is Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo, better known as "Renji". Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo (尧西·班·仁吉旺姆 born 1983) is the only child of the 10th Panchen Lama of Tibet and Li Jie a Han Chinese

The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (Brtan-'dzin Rgya-mtsho), named Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (Dge-'dun Chos-kyi Nyi-ma) as the 11th reincarnation of the Panchen Lama on May 14, 1995 but the government of the People's Republic of China quickly named another child, Gyancain Norbu (Rgyal-mtshan Nor-bu). Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (born Lhamo Döndrub ( 6 July 1935 in Qinghai) He is the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (born April 25 1989 is the eleventh Panchen Lama as interpreted by most Tibetan Buddhists Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Jizün Losang Qamba Lhünzhub Qoigyijabu Baisangbu (born Gyaincain Norbu, February 13 1990) commonly known as Qoigyijabu, is the Chinese authorities state that Gedhun Choekyi Nyima has been taken into protective custody, but there is no reference to what, or whom he must be protected from.

List of Panchen Lamas

Name Life span Tibetan/Wylie PRC transcription Other transliterations
1. Tibetan refers to a group of languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia as well as by overseas The Wylie transliteration scheme is a method for transliterating the Tibetan script using the keys on a typical English language Typewriter. Tibetan pinyin is the official transcription system for the Tibetan language in the People's Republic of China. Khedrup Je 1385–1438[12] མཁས་གྲུབ་རྗེ་་
Mkhas-grub Rje,་
མྷས་གྲུབ་དགེལེགས་དཔལ་བཟང་
Mkhas-grub Dge-legs Dpal-bzang-po		 Kaichub Gêlêg Baisangbo Khädrup Je, Khedrup Gelek Pelsang, Kedrup Geleg Pelzang, Khedup Gelek Palsang, Khedrup Gelek Pal Sangpo
2. 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 Sönam Choklang 1438–1505[12] བསོད་ནམས་ཕྱོག་ཀྱི་གླང་པོ་་
Bsod-nams Phyogs-glang,་
བསོད་ནམས་ཕྱོགས་ཀྱི་གླང་པོ་
Bsod-nams Phyogs-kyi Glang-po		 Soinam Qoilang,
Soinam Qoigyi Langbo		 Sonam Choglang, Soenam Choklang
3. Sönam Choklang (1438–1505 was a Tibetan Buddhist religious leader Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup 1505–1568[12] དབེན་ས་པ་བློ་བཟང་དོན་དྲུཔ་་
Dben-sa-pa Blo-bzang Don-grub		 Wênsaba Lobsang Toinchub Gyalwa Ensapa, Ensapa Lozang Döndrup, Ensapa Losang Dhodrub
4. Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup (1505–1568 was a Tibetan Buddhist religious leader Lobsang Chökyi Gyalsten 1570–1662 བློ་བཟང་ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་མཚན་་
Blo-bzang Chos-kyi Rgyal-mtshan		 Lobsang Qoigyi Gyaicain Losang Chökyi Gyältsän, Lozang Chökyi Gyeltsen, Lobsang Choekyi Gyaltsen, Lobsang Choegyal, Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen
5. Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen ( (1570–1662 was the fourth Panchen Lama of Tibet, and the first to be accorded this title during his lifetime Lobsang Yeshe 1663–1737 བློ་བཟང་ཡེ་ཤེས་་
Blo-bzang Ye-shes		 Lobsang Yêxê Lobsang Yeshi, Losang Yeshe
6. Lobsang Yeshe ( also written Lobsang Yeshi) (1663 &ndash 1737 was the 5th Panchen Lama of Tibet. Lobsang Palden Yeshe 1738–1780 བློ་བཟང་གྤལ་ལྡན་ཡེ་ཤེས་་
Blo-bzang Gpal-ldan Ye-shes		 Lobsang Baidain Yêxê Palden Yeshe, Palden Yeshi
7. Lobsang Palden Yeshe (1738–1780 ( was the Sixth Panchen Lama of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet. Palden Tenpai Nyima 1782–1853 གྤལ་ལྡན་བསྟན་པའི་ཉི་མ་་
Gpal-ldan Bstan-pa'i Nyi-ma		 Dainbai Nyima Tänpä Nyima, Tenpé Nyima, Tempai Nyima, Tenpey Nyima
8. Footnotes Tenpai Wangchuk 1855?–1882 བསྟན་པའི་དབང་ཕྱུག་་
Bstan-pa'i Dbang-phyug		 Dainbai Wangqug Tänpä Wangchug, Tenpé Wangchuk, Tempai Wangchuk, Tenpey Wangchuk
9. Tenpai Wangchuk (1855 &ndash 1882 was the 8th Panchen Lama of Tibet. Thubten Chökyi Nyima 1883–1937 ཐུབ་བསྟན་ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཉི་མ་་
Thub-bstan Chos-kyi Nyi-ma		 Tubdain Qoigyi Nyima Choekyi Nyima, Thubtän Chökyi Nyima
10. Thubten Choekyi Nyima ( (1883 &ndash 1937 often referred to as Choekyi Nyima, was the 9th Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen 1938–1989 བློབཟང་ཕྲིན་ལས་ལྷུན་གྲུབ་
ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་མཚན་་
Blo-bzang Phrin-las Lhun-grub Chos-kyi Rgyal-mtshan		 Lobsang Chinlai Lhünchub Qoigyi Gyaicain Choekyi Gyaltsen, Chökyi Gyeltsen, Choekyi Gyaltse, Trinley Choekyi Gyaltsen, Lozang Trinlä Lhündrup Chökyi Gyältsän
11. Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen ( February 19, 1938 &ndash January 28, 1989) was the 10th Panchen Lama of Gelug Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 1989– དགེ་འདུན་ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཉི་མ་་
Dge-'dun Chos-kyi Nyi-ma		 Gêdün Qoigyi Nyima Gendün Chökyi Nyima, Gendhun Choekyi Nyima
Qoigyijabu 1990– ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་པོ་་
Chos-kyi Rgyal-po		 Qoigyijabu Choekyi Gyalpo, Chökyi Gyälbo, Gyaincain Norbu, Gyaltsen Norbu

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References and footnotes

  1. ^ Chinese view of Dalai Lama bodes ill for its Tibet policy, a March 29, 2008 article from the International Herald Tribune
  2. ^ et :Ya Hanzhang, Biographies of the Tibetan Spiritual Leaders Panchen Erdenis. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (born April 25 1989 is the eleventh Panchen Lama as interpreted by most Tibetan Buddhists Jizün Losang Qamba Lhünzhub Qoigyijabu Baisangbu (born Gyaincain Norbu, February 13 1990) commonly known as Qoigyijabu, is the 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 Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen or Kunga Gylatshan Pal Zangpo (1182&ndash1251 was a Tibetan spiritual leader and Buddhist scholar and the fourth of the Five The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international Newspaper Beijing: Foreign Language Press, 1987. pg 350.
  3. ^ When the sky fell to earth
  4. ^ Panchen-lama. 1988. "On Tibetan Independence. " China Reconstructs (now named China Today) (January): Vol. 37, No. 1. pp 8–15.
  5. ^ See Melvyn Goldstein's book "A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State". Melvyn C Goldstein (* 8th February 1938 in New York is an eminent US-American Anthropologist and Tibet scholar University of California Press. ISBN 0520075900. Emperors of the Qing Dynasty certified and approved the choices of both Dalai and Panchan Lamas. Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China For example, the tradition of using the Golden Urn, which is unrelated to the religious or spiritual proceedings preferred by Tibetan Buddhists, had been introduced in the year 1792 by the Qianlong Emperor of China to deal with a previous controversy. Emperor Qianlong (Chinese 乾隆 Qiánlóng, Wade-Giles' Ch'ien-Lung', Mongolian Tengeriig Tetgesen Khaan, born Hongli (弘历 September After the Qing Dynasty, Republic of China's government took over the role. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Both the current Dalai XIV and the previous Panchan X were certified by the Republic of China's government. Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (born Lhamo Döndrub ( 6 July 1935 in Qinghai) He is the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen ( February 19, 1938 &ndash January 28, 1989) was the 10th Panchen Lama of Gelug
  6. ^ Appeal For Chatral Rinpoche's Release, from the website of "The Office of Tibet, the official agency of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in London"
  7. ^ Lee Feigon, Demystifying Tibet, page 163.
  8. ^ Exploring Chinese History :: East Asian Region :: Tibet
  9. ^ Excerpts from Qincheng: A Twentieth Century Bastille, published in Exploration, March 1979
  10. ^ BUDDHA'S DAUGHTER: A YOUNG TIBETAN-CHINESE WOMAN
  11. ^ "Panchen Lama Poisoned arrow", BBC, 2001-10-14. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Retrieved on 2007-04-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.  
  12. ^ a b c The title Panchen Lama was conferred posthumously on the first two Panchen Lamas.

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Panchen Lama

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  1. (Tibetan Buddhism) The second-highest ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama.
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