7th Dalai Lama

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7th Dalai Lama in 18th century thangka art

Kelzang Gyatso (T. skal bzang rgya mtsho) (1708–1757) was the 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet, recognized as the true incarnation of the 6th Dalai Lama, and enthroned after a pretender was deposed.

The Seventh Dalai Lama was a great scholar, a prolific writer and poet. His collected works run seven volumes and contain numerous commentaries, liturgical works as well as many religious poems.

Further reading

Web publications:

• The Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso, Treasury of Lives

• 7th Dalai Lama, Wikipedia
• "Short Biographies of the Previous Dalai Lamas". DalaiLama.com. 

Print publications:

• Mullin, Glenn H. (2001). The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation. Clear Light Publishers. Santa Fe, New Mexico.