(TibetanReview.net, Sep11’20) – After concluding a 15-day visit mainly to his home town of Lhari County in Nagchu Prefecture on Aug 25, the Chinese government-appointed 11th Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu has undertaken a 13-day tour of Nyingtri Prefecture, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency Sep 11. He concluded the […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug26’20) – China said Aug 25 that its appointee to the position of the 11th Panchen Lama, Tibet’s second most prominent religious figure, after disappearing the Dalai Lama-recognized reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama back in 1995, had gone back to Beijing after a 15-day trip to his occupied […]

(TibetanReview.net, Sep21’19) – The Chinese govenrment-appointed 11th ‘Panchen Lama’ Gyaltsen Norbu has concluded on Sep 20 what may be his longest tour of Tibet thus far. During his three-month trip to Lhasa, Xigaze (Tibetan: Shigatse), Nagqu (Nagchu) and Ngari, the ‘Panchen Lama’ studied the significant achievements Tibet had made in […]

(TibetanReview.net, May07’19) – The Beijing-appointed Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu has on May 5 presented his progress report to China’s top political advisor Wang Yang, according to the official Xinhua news agency May 6. The report said Gyaltsen Norbu, appointed by China in 1995 in place of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, proclaimed […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov13, 2018) – Tibetan Buddhism should adapt to the socialist society, blend with Chinese culture, and be compatible with China’s national conditions, Gyaltsen Norbu, the replacement 11th Panchen Lama appointed by the Chinese government, was cited as saying at the 2018 Tibetan Buddhism Doctrine Interpretation Seminar held at the […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug29, 2018) – Gyaltsen Norbu, the 11th Panchen Lama recognized and being groomed by China, has held his second Kalachakra teaching over Aug 17-18, with the venue being Dakpo Shadrup Ling Monastery in Lhoka, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). He last gave that teaching, his first, from Jul 21 to […]

(TibetanReview.net, Feb15, 2018) – China’s top official on Tibetan affairs has on Feb 13 called on Gyaltsen Norbu, chosen by Beijing in 1995 as Tibet’s second most prominent religious figure, the Panchen Lama, to make new national unity contributions, according to the official Xinhua news agency Feb 13. The report […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov10, 2017) – Gyaltsen Norbu, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet appointed by China to replace the one recognized by the Dalai Lama, has said that the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held in Beijing over Oct 18-24, could benefit Buddhism and called on […]