11th Dalai Lama
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Lhasa IPA [kʰɛtʂup catsʰɔ] | |
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Khedrup Gyatso (1 November 1838 – 31 January 1856) was the 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet.[1]
He was recognised as the Eleventh Dalai Lama in 1840, having come from the same village as
In 1842, he was enthroned in the Potala Palace and, in 1849, at the age of eleven, he took the novice vows of monkhood from Palden Tenpai Nyima, 7th Panchen Lama[2][need quotation to verify]
He was enthroned on 25 May 1842 and assumed full power on the request of his government on 1 March 1855. However, he died less than one year later, thus becoming the third successive Dalai Lama who died at too young an age to consolidate his power.
- "During the period of the short-lived Dalai Lamas—from the Ninth to the Twelfth incarnations—the Panchen was the lama of the hour, filling the void left by the four Dalai Lamas who died in their youth."[3]
He wrote a book of stanzas, Story of the Monkeys and Birds (Bya sprel gyi gtam-rgyud). It is an allegory of the war at the end of the 18th century between the Tibetans and the Gurkhas ('birds' and 'monkeys' respectively).[4]
During the life of Khedrup Gyatso, wars over
He died suddenly in the Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, on 31 January 1856.
References
- ^ a b "His Holiness the Eleventh Dalai Lama, Khedrup Gyatso". The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche. (1982). "Life and times of the Eighth to Twelfth Dalai Lamas." The Tibet Journal. Vol. VII Nos. 1 & 2. Spring/Summer 1982, p. 50.
- ISBN 1-57416-092-3.
- ISBN 0-8047-0901-7(pbk)
Further reading
- 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.