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| frame | [[H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso | His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso]] Dalai Lama (Wyl. ta lai bla ma) Incarnation Line —
Previous Incarnations
- Root incarnation: Avalokiteshvara
- King Könchok Wang, in India
- King Songtsen Gampo
- Dromtönpa Gyalwé Jungné (1005-1064)
- Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092-1158)
- Chögyal Pakpa (1235-1280)
The Dalai Lamas
- Gendün Drup (1391–1474)
- Gendün Gyatso (1475–1542)
- Sonam Gyatso (1543–1588)
- Yönten Gyatso (1589–1616)
- Fifth Dalai Lama | Lobzang Gyatso (1617–1682)
- Tsangyang Gyatso (1683–1706)
- Kalzang Gyatso (1708–1757)
- Jampal Gyatso (1758–1804)
- Lungtok Gyatso (1806–1815)
- Tsultrim Gyatso (1816–1837)
- Khedrup Gyatso (1838–1856)
- Trinlé Gyatso (1857–1875)
- Thirteenth Dalai Lama | Thupten Gyatso (1876–1933)
- Dalai Lama | Tenzin Gyatso (1935–present)
Further Reading
- Martin Brauen (ed.), The Dalai Lamas: A Visual History, Serindia, 2005
- Thomas Laird, The History of Tibet—Conversations with the Dalai Lama (London: Atlantic Books, 2006).
- Glenn Mullin, Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation, Clear Light, 2008. ISBN 1574160923