3rd Jebtsundamba Khutughtu

Leading Buddhist in Mongolia
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IntroLeading Buddhist in Mongolia
PlacesMongolia
wasBuddhist monk
Work fieldReligion
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1758, Gaocheng, Sichuan, Litang County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan
Death1 January 1773Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (aged 15 years)
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Biography

The 3rd Jebtsundamba Khutughtu (1758-1773), was the third incarnation of the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, the spiritual heads of the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia. His personal name was Ishdambiynyam and his Tibetan ceremonial name Ye-shes-bstan-pa'i-nyi-ma.

Biography

He came from Tibet and was chosen as the third incarnation after the death of the 2nd Jebtsundamba Khutughtu.

The second Jebtsundamba was a member of Mongolia's highest nobility and direct descendant of Genghis Khan. After Chingünjav's rebellion and the successive demise of the second Jebtsundamba Khutugtu, the Qianlong Emperor decreed in 1758 that all future reincarnations were to be found from among the population of Tibet, making the third incarnation the first one from there.


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