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{{Short description|5th Panchen Lama of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism}}
[[Image:Lobsang Yeshe.jpg|thumb|240 px|Lobsang Yeshe]]
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'''Lobsang Yeshe''' ({{bo-tw|t=བློ་བཟང་ཡེ་ཤེས་|w=Blo-bzang Ye-shes|z=Lobsang Yêxê}}; also written '''Lobsang Yeshi''') (1663&ndash;1737) was the fifth [[Panchen Lama]] of [[Tibet]].
He was born of a well-known and noble family in the province of [[Ü-Tsang|Tsang]]. His father's name was De-chhen-gyalpo and his mother's Serab-Drolma. He was soon recognised as the true incarnation of [[Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen]], (1570–1662), the Fourth Panchen Lama of Tibet, and was installed with great ceremony at [[Tashilhunpo Monastery]].
He received novice vows when he was 8 (9 by Western reckoning) in [[Lhasa]] from [[Lozang Gyatso]], the Great Fifth Dalai Lama (1617 – 1682), when he was given the name of Lobsang Yeshe. At the age of twenty [21] he was ordained by Kon-chhog Gyal-tsan.<ref>Dás, Sarat Chandra (1882). "The Lives of the Panchen Lamas". Reprinted in: Contributions on the Religion and History of Tibet, p. 118. (1970). Manjusri Publishing House, New Delhi.</ref>
When he was thirty-two (in 1696 or 1697), he sent a congratulatory deputation to [[Beijing]]. The [[Kangxi Emperor]] (1662-1723) invited him to Beijing, but he asked to be excused for fear of [[smallpox]].<ref>Dás, Sarat Chandra (1882). "The Lives of the Panchen Lamas". Reprinted in: Contributions on the Religion and History of Tibet, p. 118. (1970). Manjusri Publishing House, New Delhi.</ref>
The Regent, [[Sangye Gyatso]] (Sangs-rgyas rgya-mtsho), invited the Fifth Panchen Lama, Lobsang Yeshi to administer the vows of a novice monk on the 6th Dalai Lama, at the town of [[Nangartse]] on Lake [[Yamdrok]] Yamtso, and named him Tsang Gyatso. In October 1697, [[Tsangyang Gyatso]] was enthroned as the Sixth Dalai Lama.<ref>[http://namgyalmonastery.org/hhdl/hhdl6 "The Sixth Dalai Lama TSEWANG GYALTSO."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610044909/http://namgyalmonastery.org/hhdl/hhdl6 |date=2007-06-10 }}</ref>
In 1701, [[Lha-bzang Khan|Lhasang Khan]], a Mongol king and ally of the Chinese, had the Regent, Sangye Gyatso, killed. This greatly upset the young Dalai Lama who left his studies who even visited Lobsang Yeshe, the 5th Panchen Lama in Shigatse and renounced his novice monk vows.<ref>[http://namgyalmonastery.org/hhdl/hhdl6 "The Sixth Dalai Lama TSEWANG GYALTSO."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610044909/http://namgyalmonastery.org/hhdl/hhdl6 |date=2007-06-10 }}</ref>
In 1713, he received a letter written in three different languages, Tibetan, Mongol and Manchu in gold from the [[Kangxi Emperor]], who sent him a large [[tangka]] with his title on it.<ref>Dás, Sarat Chandra (1882). "The Lives of the Panchen Lamas". Reprinted in: Contributions on the Religion and History of Tibet, p. 118. (1970). Manjusri Publishing House, New Delhi.</ref>
The 7th Dalai Lama was enthroned in the Potala Palace in 1720. He took the novice vows of monk-hood from the 5th Panchen Lama Lobsang Yeshi, who gave him the name [[Kelzang Gyatso]]. He took the Gelong vows (full ordination) from Lobsang Yeshi in 1726.<ref>[http://namgyalmonastery.org/hhdl/hhdl7 "Seventh Dalai Lama KELZANG GYATSO."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701184755/http://namgyalmonastery.org/hhdl/hhdl7 |date=2010-07-01 }}</ref>
In 1728, the [[Yongzheng Emperor]] (1723-1736) sent Aliha Ampan to settle the border between the provinces of U and Tsang. There was a civil war at this time, and the Chinese asked the Panchen Lama if he would rule all the territories between [[Khambala]] and [[Mount Kailash]]. The Panchen Lama refused a few times on the grounds of old age but was finally convinced to take control of the whole of Tibet lying to the west of [[Bainang County|Panam]], and relinquished possession of [[Phari]], [[Gyantse]], and [[Yardosho]] and other places to the government in [[Lhasa]].<ref>Dás, Sarat Chandra (1882). "The Lives of the Panchen Lamas". Reprinted in: Contributions on the Religion and History of Tibet, p. 118. (1970). Manjusri Publishing House, New Delhi.</ref>
He wrote eighteen volumes of hymns and precepts and died at the age of 75 (74 by Western reckoning), in 1737.
A gilt copper domed tomb, like that of his predecessor, only larger was built for him.<ref>Dás, Sarat Chandra (1882). "The Lives of the Panchen Lamas". Reprinted in: Contributions on the Religion and History of Tibet, p. 118. (1970). Manjusri Publishing House, New Delhi.</ref> Unfortunately, all the tombs from the Fifth to the Ninth Panchen Lamas were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and have been replaced by the 10th Panchen Lama with a huge tomb at [[Tashilhunpo Monastery]] in [[Shigatse]], known as the Tashi Langyar.<ref>Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael. (2005) ''Tibet''. 6th Edition. Lonely Planet Publications. {{ISBN|1-74059-523-8}}  p. 175.</ref>
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