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Oct 26, 2021. After more than 20 years of sutras study, the 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu attained the highest degree in exoteric teachings of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, equivalent to a doctoral degree in modern education.
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The 11th Panchen Lama attends a debate at the Tashilhunpo Monastery in the city of Shigatse, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.
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Following the traditional sutras learning system of Tibetan Buddhism, the Panchen Lama began studying the Five Major Treatises in 1996 and passed two related examinations in 2002 and 2020, respectively.
The 11th Panchen Lama, with the secular name Gyaincain Norbu, was born in February 1990 in Lhari County, the city of Nagqu in northern Tibet.
Over the past years, the 11th Panchen Lama has given head-touching blesses to over a million believers, and ardently participated in public welfare activities.
He is a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body.
He is also vice president of the Buddhist Association of China and president of the association's Tibet branch.
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