Lobsang Pelden Tenpe Dronme

Lobsang Pelden Tenpe Dronme
Personal life
Born1890 (1890)
Datong, Qinghai, China
Died4 March 1957(1957-03-04) (aged 66–67)
Taipei, Taiwan
Religious life
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
SchoolGelug
LineageChangkya Khutukhtu
Senior posting
PredecessorChangkya Lozang Tendzin Gyeltsen
SuccessorChangkya Tendzin Dönyö Yéshé Gyatso
ReincarnationChangkya Dragpa Öser

Lobsang Pelden Tenpe Dronme (Tibetan: ལྕ​ང་སྐྱ་བློ་བཟང་དཔལ་ལྡན​་བསྟན་པའི་སྒྲོན་མེ་, Wylie: lcang skya blo bzang dpal ldan bstan pa'i sgron me, Chinese: 羅桑般殿丹畢蓉梅; pinyin: Luósāng Bāndiàn Dānbì Róngméi; 1890 – 4 March 1957) was a Tibetan Buddhist tulku and lama who was the 7th Changkya Khutukhtu. He was the highest person of Tibetan Buddhism in Inner Mongolia and the fourth highest lamas of Tibetan Buddhism in general. He supported the Kuomintang and accompanied the Republic of China government to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War in 1949.[1] He was awarded titles by the Kuomintang and also received living expenses until his death.[2] It is believed that before his death in 1957 he had signed a pledge that he would not reincarnate until the Republic of China retook the mainland.[3]

After his death, his residence in Taipei was converted in February 1993 into the Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center, which includes a memorial to him.

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References

  1. ^ "Special Report of Miau Sim Magazine No.27 (03.01 '98)". 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 July 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  2. ^ Introduction to Master Zangjia
  3. ^ "达赖喇嘛确立的第20世章嘉活佛访问日本" [The 20th Changkya Rinpoche appointed by the Dalai Lama visits Japan]. Radio Free Asia (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2025.