Yonten Gyatso, 4th Dalai Lama - 1 reference result
Yonten Gyatso (1589 – 1616) was the 4th Dalai Lama. As the great-grandson of Altan Khan of the Tümed Mongols, Yonten Gyatso was a Mongolian, making him the only non-Tibetan to be recognized as Dalai Lama other than the 6th Dalai Lama, who was a Monpa—Monpas can be seen either as a Tibetan subgroup or a closely related people.
- "He was recognized by a delegation from his Drêpung monastery and the princes of Ü, which had gone to Kweisui (Köke Qoto, Inner Mongolia) to meet him 1601.
Yonten Gyatso was controversial because he was appointed by the Mongolians in an apparent attempt to exercise control over Tibet. The Gelugpa-monasteries had decided nevertheless to recognize him. In 1601 he and his many Mongolian advisers were installed in the Drepung Monastery, where he was a student of the Fourth Panchen Lama Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen.
Many Tibetans did not recognize him and tried to retake power, supported by the Kagyupa order. This resulted in a civil war and Yonten Gyatso was forced to leave Lhasa. He died under suspicious circumstances at the age of 35.
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Further reading
- Mullin, Glenn H. (2001). The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation, pp. 164-183. Clear Light Publishers. Santa Fe, New Mexico. ISBN 1-57416-092-3.
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