Rakra Tupten Chodar
| PersonType | Category:Authors of Tibetan Works |
|---|---|
| MainNamePhon | Rakra Tupten Chodar |
| MainNameTib | རཀ་ར་ཐུབ་བསྟན་ཆོས་དར་ |
| MainNameWylie | rak ra thub bstan chos dar |
| AltNamesOther | Rakra, 6th |
| bio | Rakra Rinpoche (Rakra Thubten Choedar) was born in 1925 to the governor of Derge. After being recognized as the 6th Rakra incarnate of Pakshoe monastery in Kham, he studied at Pakshoe and then at Drepung (Gomang College) and studied poetry and literature with Gedun Chophel. He excelled as a Geshe, but gave up his monastic vows to his root guru Mogchok Rimpoche shortly before moving to India in 1950. In 1960 Rakra was asked by the Dalai Lama’s brother Taktser Rimpoche, to take charge of Tibetan refugee children at the Pestalozzi International Children’s Village in Switzerland, set up for displaced European children after World War II. He painted, sketched, and wrote often and produced children's books to help educate young Tibetans.
“He managed to finish a translation of the travels of the earliest Chinese traveler to India, the monk Fa-hien (faxian) (CE 399-414) in search of the vinaya-pitaka texts (dulwa). He was assisted in this project by his younger brother Tsewang Chogyal. In this translation published by LTWA, Rakra included accounts of early Buddhist sites in India, to complement Fa-hien’s original travelogue. He also completed his first draft of the history of the Tethong family. Rakra Rimpoche passed away on July 10, 2012, at the age of 87. Read more details about his life here and here… (Source Accessed Oct 1, 2024) |
| YearBirth | 1925 |
| YearDeath | July 10, 2012 |
| TibDateGender | Female |
| TibDateElement | Wood |
| TibDateAnimal | Ox |
| TibDateRabjung | 15 |
| TibDateDeathDay | 22 |
| TibDateDeathMonth | 5 |
| TibDateDeathGender | Male |
| TibDateDeathElement | Water |
| TibDateDeathAnimal | Dragon |
| TibDateDeathRabjung | 16 |
| ReligiousAffiliation | Geluk |
| ClassicalProfAff | Drepung Monastery |
| StudentOf | Gendun Chöpel · blo bzang ye shes bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho |
| BDRC | https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P6079 |
| IsInGyatsa | No |
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