recognise Tsangyang's title. However, Ngawang Yeshey Gyatso is considered by Tibetans to have been an incarnation of Avalokiteśvara. While being taken out of Tibet, Tsangyang composed a poem which some say foretold of his next birth. "White crane lend me your wings. I will not fly far. From Lithang I shall return." Tsangyang disappeared mysteriously near Qinghai on 15November 1706, which is why there is no tomb for him in the Potala Palace. Rumours persisted he had escaped and lived in secrecy somewhere between China and Mongolia. But, a work from 1757 alleges the Dalai Lama survived and was welcomed in Amdo by a group of mostly Kagyu monasteries. The Tibetans appealed to the Dzungar people, who invaded Tibet and killed Lha-bzang Khan in late 1717. Tsangyang was succeeded by Kelsang Gyatso, who was born in Lithang, as the 7th Dalai Lama. Notes References Sources Mullin, Glenn H. (2001). The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation, pp. 238–271. Clear Light Publishers. Santa Fe, New Mexico. . External links Erotic verse sheds light on 'playboy Lama' – BBC News article Tsangyang Gyatso: The Rebel Dalai Lama, by Mr. K. Dhondup Urgelling Monastery 1683 births 1706 deaths 6 Tibetan writers Tibetan poets People from Tawang Town Child monarchs from Asia 17th-century Tibetan people 18th-century Tibetan people 17th-century lamas 18th-century lamas