Garchen Rinpoche
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མགར་ཆེན་དཀོན་མཆོག་རྒྱལ་མཚན
Wylie | mgar chen dkon mchog rgyal mtshan |
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English Phonetics | Garchen Rinpoche |
Sort Name | Garchen Rinpoche |
Name Suffix | Rinpoche |
Dates
Birth: | 1949 |
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Biographical Information
Garchen Rinpoche, Konchog Gyaltsen (mgar chen dkon mchog rgyal mtshan, b. 1949), is a master ofthe Drigung Kagyu tradition. By the time he finally left Tibet in the 1990s, he had spent twenty-three years imprisoned by the Chinese. Of his time in prison, twenty years were spent in the company of his teacher, Khenpo Munsel (mkhan po mun sel, 1916-1994). Since coming out of Tibet, he has been tirelessly teaching throughout the world. (Source: Enlightened Vagabond)
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