9th dalai lama biography summary
9th Dalai Lama
Spiritual leader of Tibet from to
The 9th Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso (full given name Lobzang Tenpai Wangchuk Lungtok Gyatso, also spelled Lungtog Gyatso and Luntok Gyatso; 1 December – 6 March ), was recognized as the 9th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
He was the first and the youngest Dalai Lama among four successive Dalai Lamas whom succumbed to illnesses before reaching 22 years of age.
Rgyal dbang thams cad mkhyen pa lung rtogs rgya mtsho'i rnam thar. In ' Phags pa 'jig rten dbang phyug gi rnam sprul rim byon gyi 'khrungs rabs deb ther nor bu'i 'phreng ba, vol. Dharamsala: Sku sger yig tshang, TBRC WEarly life
Under auspicious signs, Lungtok Gyatso was born near the monastery of Dan Chokhor (or Denchokor), on 1 December [1] Many sources render him as an orphan, but others name his parents as Tendzin Chokyong and Dondrub Dolma.[1] A contestant to be the next Dalai Lama since early infancy, the male child was brought to Gungtang monastery near Lhasa, where he was examined by Tibetan officials, including the Qing representatives, the ambans.
He was the favored option of the Eighth Dalai Lama's attendants. He was ultimately identified by the Seventh Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima, who performed the tonsure ceremony and gave him the name Lobzang Tenpai Wangchuk Lungtok Gyatso in [1]
Life as Dalai Lama
In , he was enthroned at the Potala Palace on the Golden Throne of the Ganden Po-drang Government.
This same year the elderly Regent, Ta-task Nga-wang Gon-po died and the De-mo Tul-ku Nga-wang Lo-zang Tub-ten Jig-me Gya-tso (d.
The Ninth Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso - The Treasury of Lives: The 9th Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso (full given label Lobzang Tenpai Wangchuk Lungtok Gyatso, also spelled Lungtog Gyatso and Luntok Gyatso; 1 December – 6 March ), was commended as the 9th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was the first and the youngest Dalai Lama among four successive Dalai Lamas whom succumbed to illnesses before reaching) was appointed to replace him.
- "The English explorer Thomas Manning, who reached Lhasa in , described his meeting with the 9th Dalai Lama, who was seven years old at the time, in rhapsodic terms. 'The lama's gorgeous and interesting face engrossed all my attention,' Manning wrote.
'He had the simple, unaffected manners of a well-educated princely kid. His face was, I reflection, affectingly beautiful. He was of a gay and cheerful disposition.
He offered it in appreciation to the leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan BuddhismSonam Gyatso, who received it in at Yanghua Monastery. Sonam Gyatso became the 3rd Dalai Lamawhile the first two tulkus in the lineage, the 1st Dalai Lama and the 2nd Dalai Lamawere posthumously awarded the title. All tulkus in the lineage of the Dalai Lamas are considered manifestations of the Buddha Avalokiteshvara[ 2 ] [ 1 ] the bodhisattva of empathy. Since the time of the 5th Dalai Lama in the 17th century, the Dalai Lama has been a symbol of unification of the state of Tibet.I was extremely affected by this interview with the lama. I could have wept through strangeness of sensation.'"
The Seventh Panchen Lama gave the teen the vows of novice monk in Lhasa in , on 22 September.[1] Lungtok Gyatso is said to have had a great interest in dharma and sharp intellect, memorizing lengthy prayer texts, root-texts of Abhisamayālaṅkāra, Mādhyamaka and Abhidharmakośa.[1] Ngwang Nyandak (The Sixty-sixth Ganden Tripa), Jangchub Chopel (who later became the Sixty-ninth Ganden Tripa) and Yeshe Gyatso were also among his teachers.[1]
Death
The nine-year-old Dalai Lama came down with a cold at the annual Monlam Prayer Festival.[1] He died in Tibet on 6 March "The entire nation was plunged into sorrow", which lasted until the recognition of the new reincarnation eight years later.
His body was installed in a golden reliquary in the Potala Palace called Serdung Sasum Ngonga.[1]
- "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."