List of Panchen Lamas
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This is a list of Panchen Lamas of Tibet.
List
| Title | Portrait | Name (Lifespan) |
Recognition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Panchen Lama | 
|
Khedrup Gelek Pelzang (1385–1438) |
posthumously |
| 2nd Panchen Lama | 
|
Sönam Choklang (1438–1505) |
posthumously |
| 3rd Panchen Lama | 
|
Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup (1505–1568) |
posthumously |
| 4th Panchen Lama | 
|
Lobsang Chökyi Gyalsten (1570–1662) |
1645–1662 |
| 5th Panchen Lama | 
|
Lobsang Yeshe (1663–1737) |
1663–1737 |
| 6th Panchen Lama | 
|
Lobsang Palden Yeshe (1738–1780) |
1738–1780 |
| 7th Panchen Lama | 
|
Palden Tenpai Nyima (1782–1853) |
1782–1853 |
| 8th Panchen Lama |
|
Tenpai Wangchuk (1855–1882) |
1857–1882 |
| 9th Panchen Lama | 
|
Thupten Chökyi Nyima (1883–1937) |
1888–1937 |
| 10th Panchen Lama | .jpg)
|
Choekyi Gyaltsen (1938–1989) |
1938–1989 |
| 11th Panchen Lama | .jpg)
|
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (born 1989) |
14 May 1995 – present |
Note:
- The 11th Panchen Lama was recognized by 14th Dalai Lama on May 14, 1995. A few days later, the Panchen Lama was forcibly disappeared by the Chinese government, and he has not been seen in public since then. The Chinese government installed their own candidate (Gyaincain Norbu) as their "official" Panchen Lama. The Chinese government candidate is not recognized by the Tibetan exile community.
See also
Further reading
List of Panchen Lamas, Wikipedia- Goldstein, Melvyn C (1997). The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama
. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21951-1. - Hilton, Elizabeth. (2000). The Search for the Panchen Lama. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-04969-8.
