10th Dalai Lama
Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1816 to 1837
10th Dalai Lama
The 10th Dalai Lama (born Tsultrim Gyatso; full spiritual name: Ngawang Lobzang Jampel Tsultrim Gyatso) (Tibetan: ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: Tshul Khrim Rgya Mtsho) (25 or 26 May 1816 – 30 September 1837) was the 10th Dalai Lama of Tibet, and born in Litang, Kham. He was fully ordained in the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, studied the sutras and tantras, had several students, and rebuilt the Potala Palace. Tsultrim Gyatso was born to a modest family known as Drongto Norbutsang (grong stod nor bu tshang) in Lithang, Kham, Tibet. His father was Lobzang Nyendrak (blo bzang snyan grags) and his mother was Namgyel Butri (rnam rgyal bu khrid). The 9th Dalai Lama Lungtok Gyatso had died in 1815, and five years passed before this incarnation was found. Tsultrim Gyatso was chosen from a field of six potential incarnates of the 9th Dalai Lama Lungtok Gyatso. Preferred as the best by the Tibetan oracle and government officials in 1820, he travelled to Lhasa in 1821 after which the Kalon (regent...
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