20th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche explained

20th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche
Honorific Prefix:	His Holiness
Kushok Bakula Rinpoche
Period:	24 November 2005 –
Consecration:	12 August 2010
Predecessor:	19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche
Religion:	Tibetan Buddhism
Birth Date:	2005 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Kyagar, Nubra, Ladakh, India

20th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, Thubstan Nawang^[1] or Stanzin Nawang Jigmed Wangchuk,^[2] (born 23 January 2005) was born to Yab Dorjey Tsering and Yum Sonam Dolkar in Kyagar village in Nubra valley in Ladakh and has been introduced to the monastic life in Samstanling Gonpa before enthroned on 12 August 2010 in Pethup Gonpa in Spituk.^[3] He is believed to be the 20th incarnation of Kushok Bakula Rinpoche.

Notes and References

1. Web site: India - Kushok Bakula Rinpoche born again in Ladakh. buddhachannel.tv. 30 March 2015. 2 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143130/http://www.buddhachannel.tv/portail/spip.php?article1844. dead.
2. Web site: IALS Gallery & Essays :: LadakhStudies.org. ladakhstudies.org. 30 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125843/http://ladakhstudies.org/bakularinpoche.html. 2 April 2015. dead. dmy-all.
3. Web site: reachladakh.com - Arrival of 20th Bakula Rinpoche in his monastery . 11 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715160332/http://news.reachladakh.com/news-details.php?&18071418591707265737472640783&page=&pID=477&rID=0&cPath=8 . 15 July 2011 . dead . dmy-all .