Panchen Lama, businessmen weigh Buddhism´s impact on business

Lobsnag Tenzin, a Tibetan Buddhist monk from Dokar Khamtsen Monastery in southwestern Yunnan Province, was at the same sub-forum and listened to the Panchen Lama's speech on Saturday.

"I am so happy to see that he has grown up to be talented and intelligent," he said. "He is young but has a big heart. I regard him a hero of the Tibetan people."

The Panchen Lama made an appearance after a Buddhist performance titled "Blessing Ode" on Sunday evening, during the ongoing Second World Buddhist Forum, offering blessings in Tibetan, Chinese and English to an audience of about 1,000. "I pray for peace for the world. Buddha, bless the world," he said.

"I hadn't expected that he would come. I'm so lucky to see him in person," said a young girl in the audience.

The 11th Panchen Lama was born in Lhari County, Nagqu Prefecture in northern Tibet, on Feb. 13, 1990 under the name of Gyaincain Norbu. He won recognition from the central government of China as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama in November 1995 after a lot-drawing ceremony among three candidates in the Jokhang Temple in Tibet's capital Lhasa.

Drawing lots from a gold urn to choose the reincarnation of a high lama has long been a tradition in Tibetan Buddhism, and the custom of seeking approval from the central government dates back to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

The Panchen Lama studies Buddhism in Beijing and frequently visits Tibet and other Tibetan ethnic areas in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan.

Editor:Du Xiaodan