Thupten Gyatso

The Thirteenth Dalai Lama

Thupten Gyatso, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama (1876–1933) — the immediate predecessor of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

Further Reading

In Tibetan

• Thupten Jampa Tsultrim Tendzin, lhar bcas srid zhi'i gtsug rgyan gong sa rgyal ba'i dbang po bka' drin mtshungs med bcu gsum pa chen po'i rnam par thar pa rgya mtsho lta bu las mdo tsam brjod pa ngo mtshar rin po che'i phreng ba (The Wondrous Garland of Precious Gems: A Brief Summary of the Ocean-Like Life and Liberation of the Thirteenth Incarnation of the Incomparably Gracious Lord of the Victorious Ones, the Crowning Ornament of All Samsara and Nirvana Including the Heavens), published by Sherig Parkhang, 1998

In English

• Sir Charles Bell, Portrait of a Dalai Lama: The Life and Times of the Great Thirteenth, Wisdom Publications, 1987.

Internal Links

• Dalai Lama Incarnation Line