Gyaincain Norbu


Gyaincain Norbu is the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism as recognised by the government of the Peoples Republic of China. He is also the vice president of the Buddhist Association of China.

Gyaincain Norbu was born onFebruary 1990 in Lhari County in northern Tibet Autonomous Region. He is the son of two Communist Party members. He had been living in Beijing during his early childhood to be educated in a Chinese way, and moved back to Tashilhunpo Monastery for his enthronement, in Shigatse, the official seat of the Panchen Lamas. He developed altitude sickness when he first moved back, but overcame it quickly. Since his selection as Panchen Lama, he has studied Tibetan Buddhism, to his studies he added Tibetan language, sutra, and logic at ten he is bilingual in both Tibetan and Chinese. He spent most of his later childhood studying Buddhism in Beijing. In a rare appearance for his adolescent age, Norbu delivered a speech in Tibetan for the opening ceremony of the 2006 World Buddhist Forum about Buddhism and national unity. Reportedly, it received a cold reception among delegates, with fellow Buddhists making no attempt to greet Gyaltsen Norbu during greeting ceremonie

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