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Gedun Drub (Wylie transliteration: Dge-'dun-grub), also spelled Gendun Drub and Gedun Drup (1391 1474) is retrospectively considered to be the first in the line of reincarnated Dalai Lamas of Tibet.
Gedun Drub was a student of Tsongkhapa (Btsong-ka-pa).
Gedun Drub was born in a cowshed as the son of nomadic tribespeople, and raised as a shepherd until the age of seven.
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 Encyclopedia: Dalai Lama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Between the 17th century and 1959, the Dalai Lama was the head of the Tibetan government, controlling a large portion of the country from the capital Lhasa.
The Dalai Lama is often thought to be the head of the Gelug school, but this position officially belongs to the Ganden Tripa (dga' ldan khri pa) (Holder of the Throne of Ganden [dga' ldan], the first monastery established by Tsongkhapa (Btsong-ka-pa), founder of the Gelug).
Gedun Drub (Wylie transliteration: Dge-dun-grub), also spelled Gendun Drub and Gedun Drup (1391 –; 1474) is retrospectively considered to be the first in the line of reincarnated Dalai Lamas of Tibet.
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 Dalai Lama Asia Buddhism Buddha Theravada Mahayana Zen Nirvana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Dalai Lama is the highest religious leader of Tibetan Buddhism and, until China instituted direct colonialist control in 1959, was its highest political leader.
Dalai Lama is a Mongolian title meaning "Ocean of Wisdom", The Dalai Lamas are believed to be manifestations of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, whose name is Chenrezig in Tibetan and Avalokiteshvara in Sanskrit.
The Dalai Lama has generally wished to discuss the issue of the status of Tibet, while the Chinese government has insisted that negotiations be limited on the conditions of the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet.
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 Dalai Lama - China-related Topics A-D - China-Related Topics
Between the 17th century and 1959, the Dalai Lamas were the most powerful political leaders in Tibet, controlling a large portion of the country from their capital at Lhasa.
The Dalai Lama is often thought to be the head of the Gelug, but this position officially belongs to the Ganden Tripa (Holder of the Throne of Ganden, the first monastery established by Lama Je Tsong Khapa, founder of the Gelug).
The Dalai Lama is still recognized as the head of the Tibetan government in exile, except by supporters of Chinese communism.
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 Gedun Drub, 1st Dalai Lama -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Gedun Drub (1391-1474) (dge 'dun grub) is considered to be the first in the line of reincarnated (Chief lama and once ruler of Tibet) Dalai Lamas of (An Asian country under the control of China; located in the Himalayas) Tibet.
Gedun Drub was a student of (Click link for more info and facts about Je Tsongkhapa) Je Tsongkhapa and was recognized as a Dalai Lama after his death.
After this he was placed in Nartang (The residence of a religious community) monastery, and by the middle of his life he had become one of the most esteemed scholar-saints in the country.
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Gedun Drub (1391 - 1474) (dge 'dun grub) is considered to the first in the line of reincarnated Dalai Lamas of Tibet.
Gedun Drub was a student of Je Tsongkhapa and was recognized as a Dalai after his death.
Glenn Mullin's collection of translations of Gedun commentaries is a good start learning more the prolific writings and teachings of this Tibetan Buddhist teacher.
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 dalai first lama - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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Watching CNN recently, I was suddenly transported into the Dalai Lama's study and meditation room in Dharamsala at 4 a.m.
He was recognized as the 14 th reincarnation or reborn soul of the first Dalai Lama, Dge-'dun-grub-pa, and a physical manifestation of a Buddha-to-be in 1939.
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Tenzin Gyatso is the first Dalai Lama to travel to the West, where he has helped spread Buddhism.
The fifth Dalai Lama was known as " the Great Fifth" and was the first Lama to be called "His Holiness the Ruler".
The Dalai Lama of Tibet would have to be my hero because of all the things he...
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 Gendun Drub - netlexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Gendun Drub (*1391; 1474) war der erste Dalai Lama.
Er wurde erst nach seinem Tode (1578) nachträglich zum Dalai Lama ernannt.
Die Übertragung von Tsongkhapa wurde von Gendun Drub als Lama der Gelugpa-Schule weiter übermittelt.
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 BUDDHISM TERMS Asia Buddhism Buddha Theravada Mahayana Zen Nirvana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Tibetan Buddhism, also called Lamaism in the Western literature, is the characteristic Buddhism of Tibet, also known as Tantrayana and Vajrayana.
The philosophical schools of Buddhism, amongst which the so-called Sarvastivada school is the most important historically in this context, soon came to furnish the teaching that bodily or mental factors are not the self with the additional connotation "because no self exists as a permanent substrate of mental states".
The Dalai Lama is the highest religious leader of Tibetan Buddhism and, until China instituted direct control in 1959, was its highest political leader.
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 Haiwei Trails - Timeline of Tibet
Period in which Dalai Lama is undisputed ruler of Tibet (his gov't constituted central Tibet, parts of W. Tibet and those parts of Kham west of Mt. Bönri), starting in 1642 AD when DL 5 gazumped ruling power from Tsang faction.
The area to the west handed over to rule of Dalai Lama while Tibetan chiefs of land to the east of the Yangtze were given seals as semi-independent territories of
Dalai Lama, age 19, made Vice-Chairman of Standing Committee.
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 Sortlifeout.co.uk - Dzogchen, The Innermost Essence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It is, in the words of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the highest form of altruism and the highest form of courage, the source of all spiritual qualities and the essence of all the teachings of the Buddha.
Born in Kham in Eastern Tibet, Sogyal Rinpoche was recognized as the incarnation of Lerab Lingpa Terton Sogyal, a teacher to the thirteenth Dalai Lama, by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, one of the most outstanding masters of the twentieth century.
By making this proviso, he is fulfilling his duty as a Lama to try to ensure that those who study with him are fully equipped to make progress in their studies and practices and that the seeds which are scattered do not simply fall on stony ground.
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 Read about Culture of China at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Culture of China and learn about Culture of China ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In early imperial China, porcelain was introduced and was refined to the point it gave the word China to be synonymous with high-quality porcelain.
Around 1st century AD, Buddhism arrived in China which influenced and introduced Buddhist art through the 8th century.
Around this period, several well known Chinese poets influenced Chinese poetry, which included Cao Cao and his sons and Tao Quin.
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 CULTURE OF CHINA FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In early imperial China, porcelain was introduced and was refined to the point that in English the word ''China'' has become synonymous with high-quality porcelain.
Around the 1st century AD, Buddhism arrived in China, though it did not become popular until the 4th century.
At this point, Chinese Buddhist art began to flourish, a process which continued through the 8th century.
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 Library Catalogue by Title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THUBTEN JIGNE NORBU, BROTHER OF THE DALAI LAMA AS TOLD TO HEINRICH HARRER.
LAMA KAZI DAWA-SAMDUP, PSYCHOLOGICAL COMMENTARY BY C.G.JUNG, FOREWORD BY SIR JOHN WOODROFFE.
Foreward by the junior tutor of his holiness the Dalai Lama.
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 Gedun Drub, 1st Dalai Lama: Definition from GuruNet
Gedun Drub, 1st Dalai Lama: Definition from GuruNet
Gedun Drub (Wylie transliteration: Dge-'dun-grub), also spelled Gedun Drup (1391-1474) is retrospectively considered to be the first in the line of reincarnated Dalai Lamas
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Buddhism was introduced into China in the 1st century from Central Asia around 1 AD.
Most of the Buddhist works were translating Buddhist texts from Indian originals; this trend continued until the 5th century when the maelstrom after the collapse of the "Western" Jin Dynasty helped the Buddhism propagation among peasants and lower gentry.
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