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班禪喇嘛

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Basic Meaning: Tib. Paṇ chen bla ma

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  • Usually written in English as Panchen Lama. The second highest ecclesiastical position and an influential reincarnation lineage in Tibetan dGe lugs pa 黃教 order of Tibetan Buddhism. Panchen is a corrupted form of paṇḍita, which means 'great scholar. ' Also written 班禪額爾德尼 and 班禪活佛. These lamas are believed to be physical manifestations of Sangs rgyas 'Od dpag med 阿彌陀 (Skt. Amitâbha Buddha). The traditional seat of the Paṇ chen bla mas is bKra shis lhun po Monastery 扎什倫布寺, located in gZhis ka rtse. The following is a list of Paṇ chen bla ma incarnations, including the retroactive incarnations, numbers 1–3:
    1. mKhas grub rje dGe legs dpal bzang 剋珠傑格勒巴桑 (1385–1438)
    2. bSod nams phyogs kyi glang po (1439–1505)
    3. dBen sa pa bLo bzang don grub (1505–1566)
    4. bLo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan (1567–1662)
    5. bLo bzang ye shes (1663–1737)
    6. bLo bzang dpal ldan ye shes (1738–1780)
    7. bLo bzang bstan pa'i nyi ma phyogs las rnam rgyal (1781–1854)
    8. bLo bzang bstan pa'i dbang phyug dpal ldan chos kyi grags pa (1855–1882)
    9. bLo bzang thub bstan chos kyi nyi ma dge legs rnam rgyal (1883–1937)
    10. Chos kyi rgyal mtshan 'phrin las lhun grub (1938–1989)
    11. dGe 'dun chos kyi nyi ma (1989–)
    [John Powers; source(s): JEBD, Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 875

    Bulgyo sajeon 242a

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 99b/110

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4185

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v. 1-6)4256a, (v. 9-10)832c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1435-3

    Soothill 330

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    Entry created: 2002-10-17

    Updated: 2013-04-24