Name Sonam Rinchen | Role Buddhist geshe | |
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Education Central University for Tibetan Studies Books Eight verses for training th, The three principal aspects o, How Karma Works: Th, The six perfections, The Bodhisattva vow | ||
My visit with tibetan buddhist teacher geshe sonam rinchen
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.
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- My visit with tibetan buddhist teacher geshe sonam rinchen
- Cremation of geshe sonam rinchen 1
- Authored Books
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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.