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  Dalai Lama - China-related Topics DA-DD - China-Related Topics
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.
Until the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in 1959, the Dalai Lamas resided in Lhasa in the Potala Palace during winter and in the Norbulingka residence during summer.
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 Dalai Lama - Buddhist Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Dalai Lama is the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, and the leaders of all four schools consider the Dalai Lama to be the highest lama of the Tibetan traditions.
The current Dalai Lama has repeatedly stated that he will never be reborn inside territory controlled by the People's Republic of China [2], and has occasionally suggested that he might choose to be the last Dalai Lama by not being reborn at all.
Starting with the 5th Dalai Lama, until the 14th Dalai Lama's flight to exile in 1959, the Dalai Lamas resided during winter at the Potala Palace, and in the summer at the Norbulingka palace and park.
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 Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tsangyang Gyatso, (Tibetan: ཚངས་དབྱངས་རྒྱ་མཚོ,Wylie transliteration: Tshang dbyang Rgya mtsho), (1683 – November 15, 1706) was the sixth Dalai Lama.
Tsangyang was born in Tawang to Lama Tashi Tenzin of Urgeling, a descendant of the treasure revealer Pema Lingpa and Tsewang Lhamo, a Monpa girl hailing from a royal family of Bekhar Village.
Tsangyang Gyatso had always rejected life as a monk, although this did not mean the abdication of his position as the Dalai Lama.
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 Lama Tibet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In Journey to Tibet's Lost Lama, Naher invites readers to join her journey far into the mountains of Northern India for a meeting with the young spiritual leader who is forced by Sino-Indian politics to live in a deserted monastery as a prisoner in all but name.
Born to peasants in the southeast corner of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso was chosen to succeed the 13th Dalai Lama when he was only three years old, continuing the reincarnation of the line of Dalai Lamas that began in 1391.
Panchen Lama - The Panchen Lama 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 Communist takeover).
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 insideBuddhism.com > Teachings > Tibetan Buddhism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Dalai Lama belongs to the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Dalai Lama is often thought to be the head of the Gelug, but this position is held by 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 has been ruler of Tibet and Head of State from when the Gelugpas began to control the country (the mid-17th century until 1959, when the Dalai Lama had to flee to India).
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 Jamphel Gyatso, 8th Dalai Lama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
When Jamphel Gyatso was born, the village was given a a major harvest with each stalk of barley bearing three, four and five ears, which has never been seen before throughout Tibet.
When Palden Yeshi, the Sixth Panchen Lama, heard about this boy, he pronounced that he was indeed the authentic reincarnation of the Dalai Lama.
It it was the Eighth Dalai Lama who built the faded Norub Lingka Park and Summer Palace on the outskirts of Lhasa.
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 Background
The Dalai Lama at first hailed by the Chinese regime as a "victim" of an imperialist plot, was finally denounced in 1964 as the "ringleader" of the revolt.
The leading Lamas are always, or almost always, reincarnations of various Bodhisattvas, the Dalai Lama being the reincarnation of Avaloki Tesvara, Chenrezi in Tibetan, the God of Mercy, who intercedes for all beings in the Wheel of Life.
At times when the Dalai Lama has not reached his majority and been enthroned the appointment of a regent becomes necessary and almost invariably the post is held by a Bodhisattva.
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 14th Dalai Lama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Sonam Gyatso, 3rd Dalai Lama - Sonam Gyatso () (1543 – 1588) was the first officially recognized Dalai Lama by the Mongolians, who gave this teacher the name Dalai Lama, a combination of the Mongolian Dalai meaning "ocean" and the Tibetan honorific lama, "teacher".
Yonten Gyatso, 4th Dalai Lama - Yonten Gyatso was the 4th Dalai Lama, (1589 – 1616).
Yonten Gyatso was a Mongolian, making him the only non-Tibetan to be recognized as Dalai Lama other than the 6th Dalai Lama, who was a Monpa—Monpas can be seen either as a Tibetan subgroup or a...
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'Dalai Lama' is a title of the paramount leader in Lamaism.
Usually, 'Dalai Lama' is called 'His Holiness' as the honorific title.
Therefore, Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet and became leader of 'Tibetan Government in Exile'.
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 History Of Tibet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Pro-Chinese historians argue that the ambans' presence was an expression of Chinese sovereignty, while those favoring Tibetan claims tend to equate the ambans with ambassadors.
The Qianlong emperor was disappointed with the results of his 1751 decree and the performance the ambans.
Afterwards the Chinese officials in Lhasa were forced to sign the "Three Point Agreement" which provided for the surrender and expulsion of Chinese forces in central Tibet.
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'''Kelzang Gyatso''' (Wylie transliteration Wylie: ''Bskal-bzang Rgya-mtsho'') (1708 – 1757), also spelled '''Kelsang Gyatso''' and ''Kezang Gyatso'' was the 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
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 Kelzang_Gyatso,_7th_Dalai_Lama - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
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Kelzang Gyatso (Wylie: Bskal-bzang Rgya-mtsho) (1708 - 1757), also spelled Kelsang Gyatso and Kezang Gyatso was the 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
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He was born in Litang, in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of present-day Sichuan province, and recognized as the new reincarnation thanks to a poem of the 6th Dalai Lama in which he said "After going to Litang I would not be late in returning".
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 Norbulingka - China-related Topics NM-NP - China-Related Topics
Norbulingka (Wylie transliterationWylie: Nor-bu-gling-ka) is a palace and surrounding park in Lhasa, Tibet which served as the traditional summer residence of the successive Dalai Lamas from the 1780's up until the People's Republic of ChinaPRC takeover in the late 1950s.
The park was built by the Kelzang Gyatso, 7th Dalai LamaSeventh Dalai Lama in the 1750s, and became the summer residence during the reign of the Jamphel Gyatso, 8th Dalai LamaEighth Dalai Lama.
The palace is located three kilometers west of the Potala Palace which was the winter palace.
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The objects presented will include a set of elaborate metal tea servers decorated with mythical creatures and deities, ornate metal and wood butter tubs and mugs used for storing yak butter and for serving chang (barley beer), and other serving bowls and utensils customarily used to hold tsampa (toasted flour), and momos (roasted barley dumplings).
The exhibition will include colorful photographs illustrating food and culinary customs as well as unusual items such as an 18th century tea brick belonging to the 7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso (1708-1757).
The opening will be held in conjunction with Losar, the Buddhist New Year.
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