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Rewrite of the entry for Rinpoche
[edit]Rinpoche, also Rimboche, also Rinboqê (Tibetan: རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: rin-po-che, ZYPY: Rinboqê) A honorific term used in Tibetan language. It literally means "precious".
- As a precious Gem. Jewel. Ratna.
- As a Precious Substance.
- As a Precious Place.
- As a term of respect used in context of Tibetan Buddhism as a way of showing respect in addressing recognized as reincarnated, older, respected, famous, learned and / or accomplished Lama.
See also
[edit]- Rinpoches, partial list of a few spiritual teachers of past and present commonly adressed as Rinpoche.
- Tulku, someone who is recognized as the rebirth of a previous practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism.
- Mount Kailash Often called in Tibetan language Gang Rinpoche.
External Links
[edit]Rinpoche entry in Rangjung Yeshe wiki.
Bibliography
[edit]- The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan by Melvyn C. Goldstein, Editor ISBN 0-520-20437-9
Dudjom Rinpoche intro rewrite
[edit]Dudjom Rinpoche, (Tibetan: བདུད་འཇོམས་, Wylie: Bdud-'joms) Jigdral Yeshe Dorje was born in 1904 according to the Western Callendar, in the year 2444 after Buddha's passing into parinirvana, in the year 2440 after the birth of Padmasambhava and in the year 2031 counted from the inception of the Tibetan Monarchy. According to the astrologycal sixty year cycle it was year of the wooden dragon, 6th month, 10th day. The month and day also correspond to the birthdate of Padmasambhava. And was recognized as direct rebirth of the Dudjom Lingpa(1835–1904). He was the supreme head of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Rinpoche was born in Southern Tibet in a region called Pemako / Bomê County which is known in Tibetan as Beyul a "hidden land" and passed away on January 17, 1987 at his residence in Dordogne, France.