Lobsang Pelden Tenpe Dronme

Lobsang Pelden Tenpe Dronme (Tibetan: ལྕ​ང་སྐྱ་བློ་བཟང་དཔལ་ལྡན​་བསྟན་པའི་སྒྲོན་མེ་, Wylie: lcang skya blo bzang dpal ldan bstan pa'i sgron me, Chinese: 羅桑般殿丹畢蓉梅; pinyin: Luósāng Bāndiàn Dānbì Róngméi; 1890 – 4 March 1957) was a Tibetan Buddhist tulku and lama who was the 7th Changkya Khutukhtu. He was the highest person of Tibetan Buddhism in Inner Mongolia^{[citation needed]} and the fourth highest lamas of Tibetan Buddhism^{[citation needed]} in general. He supported the Kuomintang and accompanied the Republic of China government to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War in 1949.^[1] He was awarded titles by the Kuomintang and also received living expenses until his death.^[2] It is believed that before his death in 1957 he had signed a pledge that he would not reincarnate until the Republic of China retook the mainland.^[3]

Lobsang Pelden Tenpe Dronme
Personal life
Born	1890 (1890) Datong, Qinghai, China
Died	4 March 1957(1957-03-04) (aged 66–67) Taipei, Taiwan
Religious life
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism
School	Gelug
Lineage	Changkya Khutukhtu
Senior posting
Predecessor	Changkya Lozang Tendzin Gyeltsen
Successor	Changkya Tendzin Dönyö Yéshé Gyatso
Reincarnation	Changkya Dragpa Öser

After his death, his residence in Taipei was converted in February 1993 into the Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center, which includes a memorial to him.

See also

• Mongolians in Taiwan
• Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center