Dalai Lama Incarnation Line

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso

Dalai Lama (Wyl. ta lai bla ma) Incarnation Line —

1. Gendün Drup (1391–1474)
2. Gendün Gyatso (1475–1541)
3. Sonam Gyatso (1543–1588)
4. Yönten Gyatso (1589–1616)
5. Lobzang Gyatso (1617–1682)
6. Tsangyang Gyatso (1683–1706)
7. Kalzang Gyatso (1708–1757)
8. Jampal Gyatso (1758–1804)
9. Lungtok Gyatso (1806–1815)
10. Tsultrim Gyatso (1816–1837)
11. Khedrup Gyatso (1838–1856)
12. Trinlé Gyatso (1857–1875)
13. Thupten Gyatso (1876–1933)
14. Tenzin Gyatso (1935–present)

Further Reading

• Glenn Mullin, Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation, Clear Light, 2008. ISBN 1574160923

External Links

• The Dalai Lamas of Tibet outline page at Himalayan Art Resources