Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama

Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen
ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་མཚན
The 10th Panchen Lama
The Panchen Lama c. 1955
10th Panchen Lama
Reign3 June 1949 – 28 January 1989
PredecessorThubten Choekyi Nyima
Successor11th Panchen Lama:
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (Selected by the 14th Dalai Lama)
Gyaincain Norbu (Selected by the Chinese leadership)
Director of the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region
(acting)
In office1959 – 1964
Predecessor14th Dalai Lama
SuccessorNgapoi Ngawang Jigme (acting)
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office27 September 1954 – 27 April 1959
In office10 September 1980 – 28 January 1989
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office25 December 1954 – 5 January 1965
In office2 July 1979 – 17 June 1983
BornGönbo Cêdän
(1938-02-19)19 February 1938
Bido, Xunhua County, Qinghai, Republic of China, known as Amdo
Died28 January 1989(1989-01-28) (aged 50)
Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, known as Ü-Tsang
BurialTashi Lhunpo Monastery, Shigatse
SpouseLi Jie
IssueYabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo
FatherGonpo Tseten
MotherSonam Drolma
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
Signature
Official title: 10th Panchen Erdeni
Traditional Chinese第十世班禪額爾德尼
Simplified Chinese第十世班禅额尔德尼
Literal meaningNumber-10-lifetime
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Pandita-Chenpo (Sanskrit-Tibetan Buddhist title, meaning "Great Scholar")
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Erdeni (Manchu loanword from Mongolian, meaning "treasure")
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDìshíshì Bānchán É'ěrdéní
Wade–GilesTiShih Shih Pan Ch'an E Erh Te Ni
Tongyong PinyinDishih shih ban chan e er de ni
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDiShr Shr Ban Chan E Er De Ni
Dharma name: Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese羅桑赤列倫珠確吉堅贊
Simplified Chinese罗桑赤列伦珠确吉坚赞
Literal meaning善慧事業運成法幢
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLuósāng Chìliè Lúnzhū Quèjí Jiānzàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanབློ་བཟང་ཕྲིན་ལས་ལྷུན་གྲུབ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་མཚན་་
Transcriptions
WylieBlo-bzang Phrin-las Lhun-grub Chos-kyi Rgyal-mtshan
Tibetan PinyinLobsang Chinlai Lhünchub Qoigyi Gyaicain
Original name: Gönbo Cêdän
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese貢布慈丹
Simplified Chinese贡布慈丹
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGòngbù Cídān
Tibetan name
Tibetanམགོན་པོ་ཚེ་བརྟན་
Transcriptions
Wyliemgon po tshe brtan
Tibetan PinyinGönbo Cêdän

Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen (born Gönbo Cêdän; 19 February 1938 – 28 January 1989) was the tenth Panchen Lama, officially the 10th Panchen Erdeni (Chinese: 第十世班禅额尔德尼; lit. 'Number-10-lifetime Great Scholar the Treasure'), of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. According to Tibetan Buddhism, Panchen Lamas are living emanations of the buddha Amitabha. He was often referred to simply as Choekyi Gyaltsen.