Diki Tsering (; – 12 January 1981) was a 20th-century

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woman, known as the mother of three reincarnated Rinpoches/Lamas: Lhamo Thondup, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th reincarnated Dalai Lama;

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, the 6th reincarnated

Taktser Rinpoche Taktser Rinpoche (; ) was born in 1922 in "the small village of Taktser, meaning 'roaring tiger,' located in the Amdo region of eastern Tibet." He became a lama of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism and was named Thubten Jigme Norbu, the olde ...

; and Tendzin Choegyal, the 16th reincarnated Ngari Rinpoche. In article

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, the

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stated the invention of

Golden Urn The Golden Urn is a method introduced by the Qing dynasty of China in 1793 for selecting Tibetan reincarnations by drawing lots or tally sticks from a golden urn. After the Sino-Nepalese War, the Qianlong Emperor promulgated the 29-Article Ord ...

is to eliminate selfish family with multiple reincarnated Rinpoches/Lamas. In Diki's biography ''Dalai Lama, My Son: A Mother's Story'', after the murder of Reting Rinpoche in 1947 she mentioned that word started to spread that Lhamo Dhondup was not the real

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, since

was not used in the selection process. To put this rumor to rest for the regent Taktra and the

Kashag The Kashag (; ) was the governing council of Tibet during the rule of the Qing dynasty and post-Qing period until the 1950s. It was created in 1721, and set by Qianlong Emperor in 1751 for the Ganden Phodrang in the 13-Article Ordinance for th ...

, it was decided to use a lot-drawing process by placing both names in a vessel before the image of Je Rinpoche to confirm the real 14th Dalai Lama. This was done three times. Name Lhamo Dhondup leaped out three times, and the regent Taktra and the Kashag had nothing more to say for themselves." Tibet expert, professor Shen Kaiyun (沈开运) of

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clarified that Diki Tsering's husband Choekyong Tsering (Chinese:祁却才让) died in 1947, shortly after,

Reting Rinpoche Reting Rinpoche () was a title held by abbots of Reting Monastery, a Buddhist monastery in central Tibet. History of the lineage Historically, the Reting Rinpoche has occasionally acted as the selector of the new Dalai Lama incarnation. It is ...

also died in 1947, both were allegedly poisoned.

References

1901 births 1981 deaths 14th Dalai Lama People from Ping'an Tibetan emigrants to India {{Tibet-bio-stub