Buddhism: Jadrel Rinpoche Feared Dead

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Jadrel Rinpoche Feared Dead Nov 25th 2011, 10:16 There are reports today that Jadrel Jampa Trinley Rinpoche has died, possibly by poison. Jadrel Rinpoche, the former Abbot of Tashi Lhunpo monastery, led the search party for the 11th Panchen Lama. The Rinpoche had spent years in prison and then secret detention after he protested the Chinese government's decision to replace the legitimate Panchen Lama with its own political choice. The Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamshala says it received news of the Rinpoche's death from one of his close associates. Since his release from prison in 2002 the Rinpoche had remained in detention in an undisclosed location. In 1995 the Rinpoche's search led to a six-year-old boy named Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who was identified by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama. But Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his family disappeared on 17 May 1995 and have not been seen or heard from sincec. Later that year Beijing named another boy, Gyaltsen Norbu, as the 11th Panchen Lama. Since the search and identification of Dalai Lamas traditionally the responsibility of the Panchen Lama, Beijing requires a puppet Panchen Lama in order to control the eventual selection of the 15th Dalai Lama. Beijing has made no secret of its intention to name the next Dalai Lama as part of its plan to control Tibetan Buddhism and subjugate the people of Tibet.

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