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- Dhongthog Rinpoche + (Dhongthog+Rinpoche+Tenp%C3%A9+Gyaltsen+%28 … Dhongthog+Rinpoche+Tenp%C3%A9+Gyaltsen+%28Wyl.+gdong+thog+bstan+pa%E2%80%99i+rgyal+mtshan%29+aka+T.G.+Dhongthog+Rinpoche+%281933-2015%29+was+one+of+the+foremost+Tibetan+Buddhist+scholars+of+recent+times%2C+noted+especially+for+his+work+as+a+historian%2C+lexicographer+and+prolific+author.+From+1979+Rinpoche+was+based+in+Seattle%2C+USA.+He+published+a+number+of+books+in+Tibetan+and+English%2C+especially+through+the+Sapan+Institute%2C+of+which+he+was+the+founding-director.%0A%0AAfter+being+recognized+as+the+fifth+reincarnation+of+Jampal+Rigpai+Raldri+by+the+Sakya+Dagchen+Ngawang+Kunga+Rinchen%2C+Rinpoche+studied+Tibetan+literature+and+Buddhist+philosophy+at+Dzongsar+Shedra.+Before+leaving+Tibet+in+1957%2C+Rinpoche+was+the+head+teacher+of+Dhongthog+Rigdrol+Phuntsog+Ling+Monastery%2C+Kardze%2C+Tibet.+Rinpoche+served+the+Tibetan+Government-in-Exile+for+13+years+before+moving+to+the+United+States+in+1979.+In+those+13+years%2C+Rinpoche+worked+at+the+Library+of+Tibetan+Works+and+Archives+in+Dharamsala+and+at+Tibet+House+in+New+Delhi.%0A%0AHe+wrote+several+books%2C+including+The+History+of+Sakyapa+School+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+The+Cleansing+Water-drops%2C+The+Earth+Shaking+Thunder+of+True+Word%2C+The+History+of+Tibet%2C+and+New+Light+English-Tibetan+Dictionary.+In+addition%2C+he+worked+as+a+translator+and+editor+on+the+Tibetan+version+of+Sogyal+Rinpoche%27s+The+Tibetan+Book+of+Living+and+Dying+and+translated+David+Jackson%27s+biography+of+Dezhung+Rinpoche+into+Tibetan.%0A%0AVen.+Dhongthog+Rinpoche+passed+away+on+the+morning+of+13th+January%2C+2015+in+Seattle%2C+Washington.%0A%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DDhongthog_Rinpoche+Source+Accessed%2C+April+10%2C+2015%5D%29+Source+Accessed%2C+April+10%2C+2015%5D%29)