Rinchen, Sonam

PersonType	Category:Geshes Category:Ordained (Monks and Nuns) Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
MainNamePhon	Geshe Sonam Rinchen
MainNameTib	དགེ་གཤེས་བསོད་ནམས་རིན་ཆེན་
MainNameWylie	dge gshes bsod nams rin chen
YearBirth	1933
YearDeath	2013
IsInGyatsa	No
BnwShortPersonBio	Geshe Sonam Rinchen (1933–2013) was born in Trehor region of Kham in Eastern Tibet in 1933. He died in Dharamshala, India, 5 October 2013. In 1945, he joined Dhargyey Monastery, and entered the monastic university of Sera in Lhasa in 1952, where he studied until he was forced to flee Tibet in 1959. In India he completed his studies for the degree of Geshe Lharampa which he received in 1980. He also received the degree of Acarya from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath. He was appointed resident teacher at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamshala, India in 1978, where he taught Buddhist philosophy and practice, mainly to westerners. He has also taught in Japan, Australia, Great Britain, South Korea, Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland. (Source: Wiki
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