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The title "Dalai Lama" was first bestowed by Altan Khan upon Sonam Gyatso in 1578, when Altan Khan was a Chinese Prince of Shunyi during the Ming Dynasty (Wang, 顺义王) of China. The spiritual title of "Dalai Lama" was derived from the Mongolian Dalai-yin qan (or Dalaiin khan) one. [4]
The title "Dalai Lama" is part of the full title "圣 识一切 瓦齐尔达喇 达赖 喇嘛" (Holiness Knowing Everying Vajradhara Dalai Lama) given by Altan Khan. "Dalai Lama" is a combination of the Mongolic word dalai (' ocean ') [21] and the Tibetan word བླ་མ་ (bla-ma) (' master, guru ').
Met with Minister of Culture of Mongolia Nambaryn Enkhbayar: Ulaanbaatar Mongolia: 15.5.1996 Met with Foreign Minister of Denmark Niels Helveg Petersen: Copenhagen Denmark: 2.5.1996 Met with paavi Pope John Paul II: Rome Vatican: 23.5.1996 Met with Foreign Minister of Sweden Lena Hjelm-Wallén: Stockholm Sweden: 28.5.1996
Almost all Mongolian cities have grown up on the sites of monasteries. Ikh Huree, as Ulaanbaatar was then known, was the seat of the preeminent living Buddha of Mongolia (the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, also known as the Bogdo Gegen and later as the Bogd Khan), who ranked third in the ecclesiastical hierarchy after the Dalai Lama and the Panchen ...
The 6th Dalai Lama was kidnapped and deposed by Mongolian forces. He disappeared and was either killed or somehow escaped and survived. The 6th Dalai Lama is also well known for his poems and songs that continue to be popular not only in modern-day Tibet but also among Tibetan speaking communities in Nepal, India and all across China.
The 14th Dalai Lama arrived at Lhuntse Dzong on 26 March 1959, on his way to exile in India. Magur Namgyal Ling Amdo Gelug 1646 [3] Menri: Ü Bön 1405 1386, 1966 Menri Monastery: Tsang Mindrolling: Lhokha Nyingma: One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries." Nalendra Monastery Penpo [4] Namdzong Nunnery Amdo Namgyal Monastery: Lhasa Nangshi ...
As the son of the Khan of the Chokur tribe, Tsultrim Choeje, and great-grandson of Altan Khan of the Tümed Mongols and his second wife PhaKhen Nula, [3] Yonten Gyatso was a Mongol, making him the only non-Tibetan to be recognized as Dalai Lama other than the 6th Dalai Lama, who was a Monpa—but Monpas can be seen either as a Tibetan subgroup ...
Güshi had offered the earth, tribes and people of the three cholka of Tibet to the Gelug leader, the 5th Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama, in return, named him Dharma king, Protector of the Faith. The Khoshut khan did not normally interfere in political matters, but rather managed the Mongol forces that backed up the dharma regime of Dalai Lama ...