H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III 

 Dorje Chang Buddha III

THE POPE OF BUDDHISM H.H.DORJE CHANG BUDDHA III—佛光普照

The conferment of the Pope of Buddhism to His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III originated in January 2018 when the World Peace Prize Awarding Council and World Peace Prize Religious Leaders Title Awarding Council passed the resolution to confer to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III the title of Pope of Buddhism, the highest leader of Buddhism in this world. However, His Holiness the Buddha refused to accept the conferment.