The Panchen Lama (Tibetan: པཎ་ཆེན་བླ་མ།, Wylie: pan chen bla ma) is a tulku of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Panchen Lama is one of the most important figures in the Gelug tradition, with its spiritual authority second only to Dalai Lama. Along with the council of high lamas, he is in charge of seeking out the next Dalai Lama.[1] Panchen is a portmanteau of Pandita and Chenpo, meaning "great scholar".