ABP 022
Code: ABP 022
Country: Tibet (east)
Style:
Date: 1600 - 1700
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 78 x 98
Materials: Gouache on cotton
Blo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan ("lozang chökyi gyaltsen") (1569-1662), the First Pan chen Rin po che.
Rem. Like 18th gTsang-ris
Rem. Like 18th gTsang-ris
Biography
Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen (Tibetan: Blo-bzang Chos-kyi Rgyal-mtshan; ZWPY: Lobsang Qoigyi Gyaicain) (1570–1662) was the fourth Panchen Lama of Tibet, and the first to be accorded this title during his lifetime.
Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen was the teacher and close ally of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Lozang Gyatso, called "the Great". The Fifth Dalai Lama gave Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen the monastery of Tashilhunpo as a living and declared him to be an incarnation of Amitabha Buddha (Tibetan: Ö-pa-me) and since then every incarnation of Amitabha has been the master of Tashilhunpo.
When Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen died in 1662, aged 93, the Fifth Dalai Lama immediately began the tradition of recognising the reincarnation of Panchen Rinpoche. He composed a special prayer asking his master “to return” and ordered the monks of the great monasteries to recite it. He also reserved the title of Panchen (short for Pandita chen po or “Great Scholar”), which had previously been a courtesy title for all learned lamas, exclusively for him, and this title has continued to be given to his successors and, posthumously, to his predecessors starting with Khedrup Je.
He was a prolific writer and teacher, composing more than three hundred works.
Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen (Tibetan: Blo-bzang Chos-kyi Rgyal-mtshan; ZWPY: Lobsang Qoigyi Gyaicain) (1570–1662) was the fourth Panchen Lama of Tibet, and the first to be accorded this title during his lifetime.
Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen was the teacher and close ally of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Lozang Gyatso, called "the Great". The Fifth Dalai Lama gave Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen the monastery of Tashilhunpo as a living and declared him to be an incarnation of Amitabha Buddha (Tibetan: Ö-pa-me) and since then every incarnation of Amitabha has been the master of Tashilhunpo.
When Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen died in 1662, aged 93, the Fifth Dalai Lama immediately began the tradition of recognising the reincarnation of Panchen Rinpoche. He composed a special prayer asking his master “to return” and ordered the monks of the great monasteries to recite it. He also reserved the title of Panchen (short for Pandita chen po or “Great Scholar”), which had previously been a courtesy title for all learned lamas, exclusively for him, and this title has continued to be given to his successors and, posthumously, to his predecessors starting with Khedrup Je.
He was a prolific writer and teacher, composing more than three hundred works.
Bock, Etienne; Falcombello, Jean-Marc; Jenny Magali, 2022. Trésors du Tibet. Sur les pas de Milarépa.. Paris: Flammarion. p. 122-123