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'Kelzang Gyatso' (Wylie: ''Bskal-bzang Rgya-mtsho'') (1708 – 1757), also spelled 'Kelsang Gyatso' and ''Kezang Gyatso'', was the 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was born in Litang of Eastern Tibet, in the present-day Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of present-day Sichuan province, and recognized as the new reincarnation thanks to a poem of the 6th Dalai Lama in which he said "After going to Litang I would not be late in returning."
Whilst a boy, Kelzang Gyatso demonstrated himself a prodigy of profound wisdom. Kelzang Gyatso became famous for his ability to spontaneously compose verse. Inspired by a sambhogakaya vision of the poet-monk Tsongkhapa, Kelzang Gyatso (whilst a youth), travelled to central Tibet where he gave a sermon before thousands of people.
Kelzang Gyatso was installed as the seventh Dalai Lama in 1721.

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★ ''Essence of Refined Gold by the Third Dalai Lama: with related texts by the Second and Seventh Dalai Lamas''. (1978) Translated by Glenn H. Mullin. Tushita Books, Dharamsala, H.P., India.

★ http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/G/GyatsoKelsan/index.htm (accessed: Tuesday January 16, 2007)