Panchen Lama
noun
Pan·chen Lama
ˈpän-chən- 
: the lama who is the chief spiritual adviser of the Dalai Lama
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The region is administered by Shigatse city, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism.
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Joe Cash and Gopal Sharma, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
The identity of the Panchen Lama has been a subject of major political controversy between Chinese authorities and the Tibetan government in exile.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Shigatse is home to the vast, centuries-old Tashilhunpo Monastery, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most senior figures in Tibetan Buddhism.
—Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
In 1995, atheist China and the Dalai Lama separately identified two boys as the Panchen Lama, the second-most-important Tibetan Buddhist leader.
—Fox News, 6 July 2024
There is already a dispute over who is the rightful Panchen Lama, the second-most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama and the officially atheist Chinese government identified two different people as reincarnations in 1995.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 19 June 2024
The Chinese government responded by appointing its own Panchen Lama, the son of a Chinese security officer.
—Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2023
The introduction in 1995 of rules about reincarnations was calculated to allow the government to intervene in the selection of the 11th Panchen Lama.
—Lobsang Sangay, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2023
In 1995, China kidnapped a boy the Dalai Lama had named as the Panchen Lama, the second-most-recognizable figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
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Joe Cash and Gopal Sharma, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
The identity of the Panchen Lama has been a subject of major political controversy between Chinese authorities and the Tibetan government in exile.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Shigatse is home to the vast, centuries-old Tashilhunpo Monastery, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most senior figures in Tibetan Buddhism.
—Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
In 1995, atheist China and the Dalai Lama separately identified two boys as the Panchen Lama, the second-most-important Tibetan Buddhist leader.
—Fox News, 6 July 2024
There is already a dispute over who is the rightful Panchen Lama, the second-most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama and the officially atheist Chinese government identified two different people as reincarnations in 1995.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 19 June 2024
The Chinese government responded by appointing its own Panchen Lama, the son of a Chinese security officer.
—Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2023
The introduction in 1995 of rules about reincarnations was calculated to allow the government to intervene in the selection of the 11th Panchen Lama.
—Lobsang Sangay, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2023
In 1995, China kidnapped a boy the Dalai Lama had named as the Panchen Lama, the second-most-recognizable figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
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“Panchen Lama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Panchen%20Lama. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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