The Dalai Lama is supposed to be a reincarnation of the other Tulkus. The Chinese government uses a number of criteria to find the next Dalai Lama. They look for crows nesting at certain house and follow clues given by the previous Dalai Lama.
999 Dalai Lamas are there
The Dalai Lama.
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The name of the third Dalai Lama was Sonam Gyatso.
They are the second highest ranking lamas next to the Dalai Lama. Hope that is a help. :)
The Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism
If the 6th Dalai Lama was the same with the 5th Dalai Lama, then there is only one who had been reincarnating life-after-life. According to his current Title The 14th Dalai Lama (Mongolian for "Ocean of Wisdom"), then, thirteen Dalai Lamas have ruled Tibet before the current Dalai Lama. Pram Nguyen
Fourteen Dalai Lamas have ruled in Tibet. That is not my opion, it is a fact.
Zhiyunbianji. has written: 'Dalai la ma' -- subject(s): Dalai lamas, Biography
No. They are reincarnations of eachother. Despite their names(Gyatso). Gyatso has been the name of the Dalai Lamas since Gedun Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama It is their religious names, however. They are born with different names entirely.