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|MainNamePhon=Geshe Lhundub Sopa | |MainNamePhon=Geshe Lhundub Sopa | ||
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|yeardeath=2014 | |||
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|bio=Born in the Tsang region of Tibet in 1923, Geshe Lhundub Sopa was both a spiritual master and a respected academic. He rose from a humble background to complete his geshe studies at Sera Je Monastic University in Lhasa with highest honors and was privileged to serve as a debate opponent for the Dalai Lama’s own geshe examination in 1959. He moved to New Jersey in the United States in 1963 and in 1967 began teaching in the Buddhist Studies Program at University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he professor emeritus. In 1975, he founded the Deer Park Buddhist Center in Oregon, Wisconsin, site of the Dalai Lama’s first Kalachakra initiation granted in the West. He is the author of several books in English, including the five-volume comprehensive teaching, ''Steps on the Path to Enlightenment''. ([https://wisdomexperience.org/content-author/geshe-lhundub-sopa/ Source accessed April 10, 2020]) | |||
|IsInGyatsa=No | |IsInGyatsa=No | ||
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Revision as of 11:40, 10 April 2020
| PersonType | Category:Authors of English Works Category:Geshes Category:Ordained (Monks and Nuns) Category:Professors Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers |
|---|---|
| MainNamePhon | Geshe Lhundub Sopa |
| bio | Born in the Tsang region of Tibet in 1923, Geshe Lhundub Sopa was both a spiritual master and a respected academic. He rose from a humble background to complete his geshe studies at Sera Je Monastic University in Lhasa with highest honors and was privileged to serve as a debate opponent for the Dalai Lama’s own geshe examination in 1959. He moved to New Jersey in the United States in 1963 and in 1967 began teaching in the Buddhist Studies Program at University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he professor emeritus. In 1975, he founded the Deer Park Buddhist Center in Oregon, Wisconsin, site of the Dalai Lama’s first Kalachakra initiation granted in the West. He is the author of several books in English, including the five-volume comprehensive teaching, Steps on the Path to Enlightenment. (Source accessed April 10, 2020) |
| YearBirth | 1923 |
| YearDeath | 2014 |
| BornIn | Tsang |
| IsInGyatsa | No |
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Names
Tibetan: ལྷུན་གྲུབ་བཟོད་པ།
Wylie:
- lhun grub bzod pa
- lHun grub bzod pa
Other Transliterations in use:
- Lhundub Sopa
- Lhundup Sopa
- Lhundrup Sopa
- Geshe Lhundub Sopa
Dates
Born 1923, Tsang, Tibet