(TibetanReview.net, Dec30’18) – While not specifically mentioning the Chinese government’s controversially appointed 11th Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu, the Dalai Lama has explained in a video message Dec 28 that a Lama could reincarnate in more than one human manifestation. The occasion was the 30th death anniversary of the 10th Panchen […]

(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, Aug21, 2018) – It was not clear whether the Chinese government intended to convey a message by it. But China’s online Tibet news service eng.tibet.cn reported Aug 20 that Gyaltsen Norbu, the 11th Panchen Lama designated as such by Beijing way back in 1995 in place of Gedhun Choekyi […]

(TibetanReview.net, Apr28, 2018) – The US State Department has on Apr 26 called for immediate release of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun choekyi Nyima, Tibet’s second prominent religious figure after the Dalai Lama. He was taken away by the Chinese government, along with his family, on May 17, 1995, three […]

(TibetanReview.net, Apr27, 2018) – The Dalai Lama has, on Apr 25, confirmed what Chinese leaders have been saying, most recently in 2014, that the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima recognized by him in 1995, is alive and pursuing normal education. The 11th Panchen Lama, “according to reliable source, is […]

(TibetanReview.net, Apr27, 2018) – The United States Senate has, on Apr 25, passed a unanimous resolution, expressing support for the Tibetan Buddhist community’s right to identify and install their religious leaders. The resolution calls any interference by the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the religious process […]

(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, Nov17, 2017) – Canada has called on China to allow UN rights officials to visit Tibet’s second most prominent religious figure, the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who disappeared into its custody in 1995, at age 6, and has never been seen or heard of ever since. It […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov11, 2017) – Nearly 200 people including scholars from Han Buddhist monasteries and scholars from religious research institutions as well as representatives from Buddhist institutes and monasteries in Tibet Autonomous Region and Tibetan-inhabited areas in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces took part in the seventh annual Tibetan Buddhist […]

(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 […]