Je Khenpo

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : རྗེ་ མཁན་ པོ་
Wylie transliteration : rje mkhan po
Chinese name
Simplified : 基 堪布
Pinyin : Jī Kanbu

Je Khenpo ( Tib. : RJe mKhan-po . Engl The Chief Abbot of the Central Monastic Body of Bhutan ) is the title of the head of the Central Monk Body (. Tib གཞུང་ གྲྭ་ ཚང་ . Wyl gzhung grwa-tshang ) Bhutan , the spiritual leader of the country (see also Drugpa-Kagyü ). He is responsible for religious affairs and the monasteries and is revered as one of the most respected people in the country.

In the 17th century the first Shabdrung Rinpoche , Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel , united the country of Bhutan. He laid the foundation for the system in which secular and spiritual power were separated. The Druk Desi became the secular leader and the Je Khenpo the spiritual. After the introduction of the monarchy in 1907 , Je Khenpo became one of the king's most important advisers.

The Je Khenpo is selected from the Shung Dratshang ( gzhung grwa tshang ; English Central Monastic Body ), the central monastic body . The 1st Je Khenpo was Pekar Jugne. The 70th and current Je Khenpo is His Holiness Trulku Jigme .

number	Surname	Term of office
1	Pekar Jungney	? -1672
2	Sonam Ozer	1672-1689
3	Pekar Lhündrup	1689-1697
4th	Damchö Pekar	1697-1707
5	Zödpa Thinley	1707-1724
6th	Ngawang Lhundrup	1724-1730
7th	Ngawang Thinley	1730-1738
8th	Tenzin Norbu	1738-1744
9	Shakya Rinchen	1744-1755
10	Tenzin Chogyal	1755-1762
11	Ngawang Thinley	1762-1769
12	Kunga Jamtsho	1769-1771
13	Yönten Thaye	1771-1775
14th	Tenzin Namgyal	1775-1781
15th	Kunzang Gyaltsen	1781-1784
16	Sherab Singye	1784-1791
17th	Jamgon Yeshi Dorji	1791-1797
18th	Jamyang Gyaltshen	1797-1803
19th	Ngawang Chögyal	1803-1807
20th	Yeshey Gyaltshen	1807-1811
21st	Jampyel Drakpa	1811-1816
22nd	Jigme Gyaltsen	1816-1826
23	Jampyel Drakpa	1826-1831
24	Shakya Gyaltsen	1831-1836
25th	Sherab Gyaltsen	1836-1839
26th	Yönten Jamtsho	1839-1840
27	Pema Zangpo	1840-1847
28	Rinchen Zangpo	1847-1848
29	Pema Zangpo	1848-1850
30th	Jampyel Jamtsho	1850-1851
31	Yönten Gyaltsen	1851-1858
32	Tshultrim Gyaltsen	1858-1860
33	Künga Peljor	1860-1861
34	Shedrup Ozer	1861-1865
35	Shakya Gyaltsen	1865-1869
36	Yönten Pelzang	1869-1873
37	Künga Singye	1873-1875
38	Shakya Gyaltsen	1875-1875
39	Lodrö Gyaltsen	1875-1878
40	Pekar Ozer	1878-1881
41	Ngawang Dönden	1881-1886
42	Thinley Gyaltsen	1886-1888
43	Tenzin Lhündrup	1888-1889
44	Thinley Gyaltsen	1889-1891
45	Thinley Jamtsho	1891-1894
46	Damchö Gyaltsen	1894-1899
47	Sherab Lhündrup	1899-1901
48	Jamyang Rinchen	1901-1903
49	Rigzin Nyingpo	1903-1907
50	Jampyel Shenyen	1907-1909
51	Jampai Tobzang	1909-1912
52	Pelden Singye	1912-1915
53	Yeshey Ngodrup	1915-1917
54	Yeshey Dawa	1917-1918
55	Pelden Singye	1918-1918
56	Mipham Wangpo	1919-1922
57	Ngawang Gyaltsen	1922-1927
58	Sidzhe Namgyal	1927-1931
59	Chökyi Wangchuk	1931-1940
60	Ngawang Thinley	1940-1946
61	Velvet Jamtsho	1946-1955
62	Yönnten Tsündu	1955-1956
63	Thinley Lhündrup	1956-1961
64	Velvet Pelzang	1961-1965
65	Yeshey Singye	1965-1968
66	Yönten Tarchen	1968-1971
67	Nyizer Thinley Lhendrup	1971–?
68	Tenzin Dundrup	? –1990
69	Gedun Rinchen	1990-1996
70	Trulku Jigme Choedra	1996 – today

See also

• Druk Gyalpo

Web links

• Monastic Body of Bhutan
• Zangchuan Fojiao zai Budan

References and footnotes

1. ^ Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan (English) - Glossary (PDF) Government of Bhutan. July 18, 2008. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved on February 19, 2017.
2. ↑ Also Zhung Dratshang (among others).

Je Khenpo (alternative names of the lemma)
Dharma Raj