12 Facts About Kelzang Gyatso

Kelzang Gyatso, spelled Kalzang Gyatso, Kelsang Gyatso and Kezang Gyatso, was the 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet, recognized as the true incarnation of the 6th Dalai Lama, and enthroned after a pretender was deposed.

Kelzang Gyatso's collected works run seven volumes and contain numerous commentaries, liturgical works as well as many religious poems.

Kelzang Gyatso was born in Lithang of Eastern Tibet or Kham, in the present-day Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of present-day Sichuan province.

Kelzang Gyatso became famous for his ability to spontaneously compose verse.

Dzungars invaded Tibet in 1717, deposed Ngawang Yeshey Kelzang Gyatso, which met with widespread approval, and killed Lha-bzang Khan.

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Kelzang Gyatso took the novice vows of monk-hood from the 5th Panchen Lama Lobsang Yeshi, who gave him the name Kelsang Gyatso.

Kelzang Gyatso received teachings from the tutor of Lobsang Yeshi, the Abbot of Gyumey Monastery and from the Abbot of Shalu Monastery, Ngawang Yonten on all the major Buddhist philosophical treatises and became a master in both sutra and tantra.

Kelzang Gyatso was a great scholar and wrote many books, especially on the tantra.

Kelzang Gyatso was a noted poet who, unlike the 6th Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, dwelt mainly on spiritual themes.

In 1728 Kelzang Gyatso was invited to visit Beijing, but Pho-lha-nas only had him moved from Lhasa to Litang to make it more difficult for him to influence the government.

In 1751, at the age of forty-three, Kelzang Gyatso constituted the "Kashag" or council of ministers to administer the Tibetan government and the abolished the post of Regent or Desi, as it placed too much power in one man's hand and the Dalai Lama became the spiritual and political leader of Tibet.

In 1753, Kelzang Gyatso founded the Tse-School in the Potala Palace and built the new palace of Norling Kalsang Phodrang at the Norbulingka.