Choekyong Tsering

Choekyong Tsering
Choekyong Tsering
	Tsering (second from right) in 1947 by Amaury de Riencourt
Born	1899; Taktser, Amdo, Qing Dynasty
Died	1947 (aged 47–48); Lhasa, Tibet
Spouse	Diki Tsering
Children	16, including Tenzin Gyatso

Choekyong Tsering (Tibetan: ཆོས་སྐྱོང་ཚེ་རིང) (1899–1947)^[1] was the father of Lhamo Thondup, more commonly known as the Dalai Lama.

Life

Choekyong Tsering was born in 1899 in Taktser. He worked as a farmer with his wife growing buckwheat and potatoes,^[2] and survived an illness around the time of Thondup's birth.^[2] He died in 1947 in Lhasa.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "The 14th Dalai Lama's family and servants in Lhasa". tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2025-02-17. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
^ ^a ^b "The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama". The 14th Dalai Lama. Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2025-05-16.

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[1] "The 14th Dalai Lama's family and servants in Lhasa". tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2025-02-17. Retrieved 2025-05-16.

[:0-2] "The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama". The 14th Dalai Lama. Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2025-05-16.

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