China calls acceptance-challenged Gyaincain Norbu ‘one of the most influential Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism’

9 months ago

(TibetanReview.net, Jul27’25) – Continuing his annual months-long tour of Tibet after arriving in Lhasa from Beijing on Jun 27, the Chinese government-appointed 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu has spent 12 days in Chamdo City from Jul 7 and then visited Nagchu from Jul 19 to 23, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency Jul 26.

Calling him “one of the most influential Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism”, though not accepted by mainstream Tibetan Buddhists in view of China’s abduction and disappearance of the Dalai Lama-recognized Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the report said Gyaincain Norbu visited two temples in Nagchu and conducte...

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