Talk:Lama Jigme Rinpoche (Kagyu)

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Empowerments

What are they? I am very unclear as to the meaning of that term in this article. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 16:51, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi AleatoryPonderings, Thanks for your question. I linked to: Empowerment (Vajrayana) in the first mention of the word in the body of the text. Badabara (talk) 17:59, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Badabara, Thanks! That clears it up :) AleatoryPonderings (talk) 18:02, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, good. Badabara (talk) 18:28, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Jigme (Kagyu lama)" name of page

Current name of the page is "Jigme (Kagyu lama)". He is referred to as Lama Jigme Rinpoche in press, articles and books. Since "Rinpoche" is a title there is an issue. Wondering if there is still a better name for Wikipedia? Badabara (talk) 19:34, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are exceptions to the honorific title "rinpoche"... check out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rinpoches. I'm wondering if in some cases it's honorific AND recognizable name. For example Dalai Lama is Dalai Lama not Dalai. "Lama" is also honorific. In this particular case Jigme (Kagyu Lama) is not intuitive and not very recognizable. Since "Lama" is also honorific why not make an exception for "Jigme Rinpoche" or "Lama Jigme Rinpoche" for the sake of clarity? Make sense? Is there a guideline for this? Thanks Badabara (talk) 15:40, 9 September 2020 (UTC)Badabara (talk) 05:55, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Badabara, I see your point. Seems like some of the articles at Category:Rinpoches do have titles with the honorific. I see that you created this page in April 2020. Do you recollect what was the title at that point? If there was someone who moved the page subsequently to this title, it would be worth checking with them on their thinking. Ktin (talk) 01:46, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ktin. Thanks so much for your time on this. I'm not sure who moved the page. How do we look that up? Original title I believe was "Lama Jigme Rinpoche". There are 4 Jigme Rinpoches on wikipedia: Jigme_Rinpoche, so the goal is to distinguish without adding confusion.Badabara (talk) 18:08, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Since Lama Jigme Rinpoche already forwards to Jigme (Kagyu Lama), I don't see a conflict. Would be nice to track down the editor who changed the name to double check with them. Badabara (talk) 18:23, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Update - I moved the page. I hope all editors are pleased with the change. Badabara (talk) 00:52, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Given name at birth

Does anyone have a source for Jigme Rinpoche's actual given name at birth? I can't find it anywhere. I'm pretty sure that Jigme is the name he was given when he took refuge, and Rinpoche is an honorific, so looking for his actual original name. Mekinna1 (talk) 01:05, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

He is referred to as "Jigme Tsewang" and "Jigme Tsewang Athoup" in Autority GND: 124061001 SUDOC: 034723072 (Athoup or Athup is the family name) --Rédacteur Tibet (talk) 15:39, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Rédacteur Tibet. Internet search yields "Jigme Tsewang Athoup" in court cases and legal docs. It's not a recognizable name to the public, but may be worth adding to his wikipedia biography. Badabara (talk) 18:03, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mekinna1 check out this link: https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=07eb8a7b-9893-4ab0-8441-ceb9642c0850

I found the name on GND. "Jigme Tsewang" is the name of Lama Jigmé. Athoub is the family name (family where the 16th Karmapa was born). Google search find the same name "Jigme Tsewang Athoup" because it is his exact name. Although this concerns Lama Jigmé, I do not think these links need to be mentioned on this wikipedia page. --Rédacteur Tibet (talk) 20:34, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Badabara (talk) 21:52, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]