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The
Ganden Tripa ("Holder of the Ganden Throne") is the title of the spiritual leader of the
Gelug (Dge-lugs) school of
Tibetan Buddhism, the school which controlled central
Tibet from the mid-
1600s until
1950. The
Dalai Lama is the temporal head of the school, a position of greater political authority but lower spiritual rank.
The Ganden Tripa is an appointed office, not a reincarnation lineage. It is awarded by the Dalai Lama on the basis of competitive examination. Since the position isn't a life-long one, there have been many more Ganden Tripas than Dalai Lamas to date (101 as against 14).
Either
Tsongkapa (Tsong-ka-pa) (
1357–
1419), who founded the Gelug sect, or his successor,
Gyaltsab Je (Rgyal-tshab-rje), may be considered to have been the first Ganden Tripa.
In January
2003, the
Government of Tibet in Exile announced the nomination of the 101st Ganden Tripa. An excerpt from that press release gives his background:
» “The 101st Ganden Tripa, the Venerable
Khensur Lungri Namgyel rinpoche was born in
1927 in
Kham (eastern Tibet). Ordained at eight years old, after fifty years of meditative practices and studies he was elevated by H.H. the Dalai-lama as successively
abbot of
Gyutö Tantric College (in
1983), and as abbot of Ganden Shartse Monastic University (in
1992). In
1986 he was the special envoy of H.H. the Dalai-lama to the
ecumenical meetings of
Assisi in
Italy convened by H.H. the
Pope John Paul II. He is a
French national and has been living in
Paris, France for more than 20 years. He transmits the Buddhist teachings of his lineage in a Dharma Center,
Thar Deu Ling which he founded in
1980.”
The 100th Ganden Tripa, Venerable Lobsang Nyingma Rinpoche, has since retired and now resides at
Dharamsala together with H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama.
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