Ganden Tripa, the Glossary
The Ganden Tripa, also spelled Gaden Tripa ("Holder of the Ganden Throne"), is the title of the spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, the school that controlled central Tibet from the mid-17th century until the 1950s.[1]
Table of Contents
39 relations: Abbot, Assisi, Central Tibetan Administration, Chökyi Gyeltshen, Dalai Lama, Drikung Kagyu, Ecumenism, Ganden Monastery, Gelug, Geshe, Gyaltsab Je, Gyuto Order, Italy, Je Tsongkhapa, Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin, Kham, Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama, Khensur Lungri Namgyel, Ling Rinpoche, Lobsang Nyima Pal Sangpo, Lodrö Chökyong, Lodrö Tenpa, Mönlam Legpa Lodrö, Norbulingka Institute, Panchen Lama, Panchen Sonam Dragpa, Paris, Pelden Gyeltshen, Pope John Paul II, Reincarnation, Reting Rinpoche, Rinpoche, Rizong Rinpoche, Shalu Lochen Legpa Gyeltshen, Tatsag, Thubten Künga, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Wylie transliteration.
- Ganden Tripas
- Gelug Lamas
- History of Lhasa
- Politics of Tibet
- Tibetan Buddhist titles
Abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. Ganden Tripa and Abbot are religious leadership roles.
Assisi
Assisi (also,; from Asisium; Central Italian: Ascesi) is a town and comune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio.
Central Tibetan Administration
The Central Tibetan Administration. Ganden Tripa and Central Tibetan Administration are Politics of Tibet.
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Chökyi Gyeltshen
Chökyi Gyeltshen (ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་མཚན, (Wylie: chos kyi rgyal mtshan)) (1402–1473) was a Tibetan spiritual leader. Ganden Tripa and Chökyi Gyeltshen are Ganden Tripas.
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Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama is a title given by Altan Khan in 1578 AD at Yanghua Monastery to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Ganden Tripa and Dalai Lama are Politics of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhist titles.
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Drikung Kagyu
Drikung Kagyü or Drigung Kagyü (Wylie: 'bri-gung bka'-brgyud) is one of the eight "minor" lineages of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Ecumenism
Ecumenism (alternatively spelled oecumenism)also called interdenominationalism, or ecumenicalismis the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity.
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Ganden Monastery
Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling or Monastery of Gahlden is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet.
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Gelug
Bodhgaya (India). The Gelug (also Geluk; 'virtuous')Kay, David N. (2007).
Geshe
Geshe (Tib. dge bshes, short for dge-ba'i bshes-gnyen, "virtuous friend"; translation of Skt. kalyāņamitra) or geshema is a Tibetan Buddhist academic degree for monks and nuns. Ganden Tripa and geshe are Tibetan Buddhist titles.
Gyaltsab Je
Gyaltsab Je (1364 – 1432) or more elaborately, Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen was born in the Tsang province of central Tibet. Ganden Tripa and Gyaltsab Je are Ganden Tripas.
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Gyuto Order
Gyuto (also spelled Gyütö or Gyüto) Tantric University is one of the great monastic institutions of the Gelug Order.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Je Tsongkhapa
Tsongkhapa (Tibetan: ཙོང་ཁ་པ་, meaning: "the man from Tsongkha" or "the Man from Onion Valley", c. 1357–1419) was an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Ganden Tripa and Je Tsongkhapa are Ganden Tripas.
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Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin
Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin Rinpoche (1937 – 21 April 2017) was the 103rd Ganden Tripa (spiritual leader) of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Ganden Tripa and Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin are Ganden Tripas and Gelug Lamas.
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Kham
Kham is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the northeast, while Ü-Tsang in central Tibet and Ngari in western Tibet together form the third region.
Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama
Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama (1385–1438 CE) – better known as Khedrup Je – was one of the main disciples of Je Tsongkhapa, whose reforms to Atiśa's Kadam tradition are considered the beginnings of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Ganden Tripa and Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama are Ganden Tripas.
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Khensur Lungri Namgyel
Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lungrik Namgyal, also known as Khensur Lungri Namgyel, was born in 1927 in Kham (eastern Tibet) was the 101st Gaden Tripa, the leader of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Ganden Tripa and Khensur Lungri Namgyel are Ganden Tripas and Gelug Lamas.
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Ling Rinpoche
Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche is a Tibetan tulku.
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Lobsang Nyima Pal Sangpo
Lobsang Nyima Pal Sangpo (1929 – September 14, 2008), also known as Lobsang Nyima Rinpoche, a Tibetan religious leader, was the 100th Ganden Tripa, or spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism from 1994 until 2002. Ganden Tripa and Lobsang Nyima Pal Sangpo are Ganden Tripas and Gelug Lamas.
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Lodrö Chökyong
Trichen Lodrö Chökyong (བློ་གྲོས་ཆོས་སྐྱོང, (Wylie: blo gros chos skyong)) (1389–1463) was a Tibetan spiritual leader. Ganden Tripa and Lodrö Chökyong are Ganden Tripas.
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Lodrö Tenpa
Lodrö Tenpa (བློ་གྲོས་བརྟན་པ, (blo gros brtan pa)) (1402–1476) was a Tibetan spiritual leader. Ganden Tripa and Lodrö Tenpa are Ganden Tripas.
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Mönlam Legpa Lodrö
Mönlam Legpa Lodrö (སྨོན་ལམ་ལེགས་པའི་བློ་གྲོས, (smon lam legs pa'i blo gros)) (1402–1476) was a Tibetan spiritual leader. Ganden Tripa and Mönlam Legpa Lodrö are Ganden Tripas.
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Norbulingka Institute
Norbulingka Institute, founded in 1995 by Kelsang and Kim Yeshi at Sidhpur, near Dharamshala, India, is dedicated to the preservation of the Tibetan culture in its literary and artistic forms.
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Panchen Lama
The Panchen Lama is a tulku of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Ganden Tripa and Panchen Lama are Tibetan Buddhist titles.
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Panchen Sonam Dragpa
Panchen Sonam Dragpa (1478–1554) was the fifteenth Ganden Tripa or throneholder of Ganden Monastery.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
Pelden Gyeltshen
Pelden Gyeltshen (Wylie: dga' ldan khri pa 40 dpal ldan rgyal mtshan) (1601-1674) was the 40th Ganden Tripa. Ganden Tripa and Pelden Gyeltshen are Ganden Tripas and Gelug Lamas.
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Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
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Reincarnation
Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death.
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Reting Rinpoche
Reting Rinpoche was a title held by abbots of Reting Monastery, a Buddhist monastery in central Tibet. Ganden Tripa and Reting Rinpoche are Gelug Lamas.
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Rinpoche
Rinpoche, also spelled Rimpoche, is an honorific term used in the Tibetan language. Ganden Tripa and Rinpoche are religious leadership roles and Tibetan Buddhist titles.
Rizong Rinpoche
Rizong Sras Rinpoche (7 June 1928 – 8 December 2022), spiritual name Thubten Nyima Lungtok Tenzin Norbu, was an Indian cleric from Ladakh who was the 102nd Ganden Tripa (spiritual head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism) - finally titled as Ganden Trisur (which means "former-Ganden Tripa") Rizong Sras Rinpoche. Ganden Tripa and Rizong Rinpoche are Ganden Tripas and Gelug Lamas.
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Shalu Lochen Legpa Gyeltshen
Shalu Lochen Legpa Gyaltsen (ཞྭ་ལུ་ལོ་ཆེན་ལེགས་པ་རྒྱལ་མཚན, (Wylie: zhwa lo lu chen rgyal mtshan legs pa)) (1375–1450) was a Tibetan spiritual leader. Ganden Tripa and Shalu Lochen Legpa Gyeltshen are Ganden Tripas.
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Tatsag
The Tatsag or Tatsak (Wylie: rTa-tshag) lineage is a Tibetan Buddhist reincarnation lineage whose first member was Baso Chokyi Gyaltsen (1402–73). Ganden Tripa and Tatsag are Tibetan Buddhist titles.
Thubten Künga
Thubten Künga (1886 – 1964) was a Tibetan religious leader, and the 96th Ganden Tripa, the spiritual head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism between 1954 and 1964. Ganden Tripa and Thubten Künga are Ganden Tripas.
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Tibet
Tibet (Böd), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about.
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia.
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Wylie transliteration
Wylie transliteration is a method for transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English-language typewriter.
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See also
Ganden Tripas
- Chökyi Gyeltshen
- Ganden Tripa
- Gyaltsab Je
- Je Tsongkhapa
- Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin
- Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama
- Khensur Lungri Namgyel
- Lobsang Nyima Pal Sangpo
- Lodrö Chökyong
- Lodrö Tenpa
- Mönlam Legpa Lodrö
- Pelden Gyeltshen
- Rizong Rinpoche
- Shalu Lochen Legpa Gyeltshen
- Thubten Künga
Gelug Lamas
- Chadrel Rinpoche
- Changkya Rölpé Dorjé
- Damba Ayusheev
- Dhardo Rimpoche
- Domo Geshe Rinpoche
- Duldzin Dragpa Gyaltsen
- Ganden Tripa
- Gangchen Tulku Rinpoche
- Gelek Rimpoche
- Geshe Lama Konchog
- Geshe Lhakdor
- Geshe Rabten
- Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen
- Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin
- Khambo Lama
- Khensur Lungri Namgyel
- Khyongla Rato
- Kyabje Rinpoche
- Lobsang Gyatso (monk)
- Lobsang Nyima Pal Sangpo
- Loden Sherab Dagyab
- Ngawang Wangyal
- Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo
- Panchen Lamas
- Pelden Gyeltshen
- Reting Rinpoche
- Rizong Rinpoche
- Sermey Khensur Lobsang Tharchin
- Tenzin Jigme
- Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche
- Thubten Yeshe
- Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
- Thupten Phelgye
- Trijang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso
- Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche
- Tulku Dragpa Gyaltsen
- Zina Rachevsky
- Zong Rinpoche
History of Lhasa
- 1959 Tibetan uprising
- Ganden Tripa
- Lhasa Zhol Pillar
- Lhasa riot of 1750
- Norbulingka
- Pargor Subdistrict
- Potala Palace
- Potala Palace Inner Stele
- Tang–Tibet Treaty Inscription
- Zhol Village
Politics of Tibet
- 70,000 Character Petition
- Affair of the Dancing Lamas
- Central Tibetan Administration
- Dalai Lama
- Dorje Shugden controversy
- Foreign relations of Tibet
- Ganden Tripa
- George Bogle (diplomat)
- Golden Urn
- Green Book (Tibetan document)
- Human rights in Tibet
- Karma Kagyu
- Kashag
- Kelsang Gyatso
- List of United Nations resolutions concerning Tibet
- List of organizations of Tibetans in exile
- Lobsang Nyandak
- Milarepa
- National Democratic Party of Tibet
- Orgyen Lingpa
- Padmasambhava
- People's Party of Tibet
- Political Prisoners Movement of Tibet
- Princess Wencheng
- Protests and uprisings in Tibet since 1950
- Serfdom in Tibet controversy
- Serfs' Emancipation Day
- Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace
- Third Bardor Tulku Rinpoche
- Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
- Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
- Tibetan Freedom Concert (album)
- Tibetan National Congress
- Tibetan sovereignty debate
- Western Shugden Society
- What Remains of Us
Tibetan Buddhist titles
- Ani (nun)
- Dalai Lama
- Dob-dob
- Drikungpa
- Emperor Manjushri
- Ganden Tripa
- Geshe
- Gyalwang Drukpa
- Je Khenpo
- Karmapa
- Khambo Lama
- Khenpo
- Lama
- Lopon
- Lotsawa
- Ngakpa
- Panchen Lama
- Pandita (Buddhism)
- Rinpoche
- Shamarpa
- Tai Situpa
- Taklung Tangpa
- Tatsag
- Tulku
- Zhabdrung Rinpoche
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganden_Tripa
Also known as Dga'-ldan Khri-pa, Gaden Tripa, Gandän Thripa.