'Yabzamb-literally, 'the Father'. It is an appellation given
only to the father of a living Buddha. He had formally been
monarch of the little kingdom of Litang, in eastern Tibet, an
important post on the trade route from Lhasa to China by way of
Szechwan and the Yangtze River. When his youngest son, Jamv
Japa, had been proclaimed the reincarnation of the previous
Living Buddha of Lhabrang Gomba, he gave up his little kingdom
entirely and went with his son to act as his regent in the
temporal government of Lhabrang.' Source of Descriptive
Information Forman, H. (1933, May 28). I interview the ruler of
Tibet. Sunday Graphic and Sunday News. (p. 74).