China’s Panchen returns to Beijing after six-month stint of promoting Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism

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(TibetanReview.net, Dec25’25) – China has called its 11th “Panchen Lama” Gyaincain Norbu, imposed on the Tibetan people in 1995 as a deliberate snub against the Dalai Lama for having already made his recognition of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima without its approval, “one of the most influential Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism,” even though he is not known to have given any profound or great number of religious teachings or interacted freely in any manner with Tibetan Buddhist devotees. Rather, he is best known for playing the role assigned by Beijing to promote the Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism.

China’s official Xinhua news agency Dec 25 gave Gyaincain Norbu this ...

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