11th Dalai Lama
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| Fourteen incarnation of the Dalai Lama |
Khedrup Gyatso (T. mkhas grub rgya mtsho མཁས་གྲུབ་རྒྱ་མཚོ།) (1 November 1838 – 31 January 1856) was the 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
He was born in 1838 at Gathar in Kham Minyak to Tsetan Dhondup and Yungdrung Bhuti.[1]
In 1841 he was recognized as the new Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama, Tenpai Nyipa, cut his hair and gave him the name Khedrup Gyatso. In 1842, he was enthroned in the Potala Palace and at the age of eleven, he took the novice vows of monkhood from the Panchen Lama. Despite his young age, he assumed the responsibility of Tibetan spiritual and political leader at the request of the Tibetan people. However, he suddenly died in 1856 in the Potala Palace.[1]
- Further reading
The Eleventh Dalai Lama, Khedrub Gyatso, Treasury of Lives
- 11th Dalai Lama (Wikipedia)
- Mullin, Glenn H. (2001). The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation, pp. 361–367. Clear Light Publishers. Santa Fe, New Mexico. ISBN 1-57416-092-3.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Short Biographies of the Previous Dalai Lamas". DalaiLama.com.