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The Manchus were especially cautious in the selection of a reincarnation of the First Jebzundamba Khutughtu after his death in 1723, who, commonly known as the Öndör Gegeen, had been the supreme leader of Tibetan Buddhism in the land of the Khalkha Mongols.

Emperor Yung-chêng of the Manchus is said to have given the Seventh Dalai Lama a secret instruction to identify the son of his own brother-in-law Dondobdorji as the second incarnation, thus making it possible for the latter to accede to the high clerial position.(Sh. Natsagdorj, Khalkhyn tüükh, Ulaanbaatar, 1963, p.92)

The memorial reporting on the succession of the Jebzundamba Khutughtu quotes an imperial decree thus: "In respectful obedience to the decree, 'We have dreamed of the old Jebzundamba Lama coming and telling us that he had been reborn in the house of the fourth imperial son-in-law. Also the Lama Choijung has pointed out that the son of the fourth imperial son-in-law is of a high birth. In view of such coincidence, let the son of the imperial son-in-law sit on the seat', all the Khalkhas have invited and worshipped him."(National Central Archives of History, Fond M-1, Storage Unit 739, pp.17-26)

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