Dezhung Rinpoche Explained

Dezhung Rinpoche Kunga Tenpai Nyima, born Kunchok Lhundrup^[1] (February 26, 1906 – 1987), was a Tibetan lama of the Sakya school. Sakya is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the others being the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug. In 1960 he came to Seattle, Washington in the United States of America, one of the first Tibetan lamas to settle and teach in the United States.^[2]

Rinpoche was the teacher of a number of renowned Tibetologists, including Turrell V. Wylie and E. Gene Smith, Tibetan Art expert Jeff Watt and the root teacher of leading translator Christopher Wilkinson.^[3]

Rinpoche died in 1987. His reincarnation, Dezhung Rinpoche IV, was born in Seattle in 1991, and trained at Tharlam Monastery in Nepal.^{[4] [5] [6]}

External links

• Biography of Dezhung Rinpoche
• Peer-reviewed biography of Dezhung Rinpoche on The Treasury of Lives

Notes and References

1. Book: Jackson, David Paul. A Saint in Seattle : The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche. 2003. Wisdom Publications. 0-86171-396-6. 1st. Boston. 54479651. Kunchok Lhundrup, born on the third day of the first lunar month of the fire-horse year (ca. February 26), 1906; died 1987..
2. Book: Jackson, David Paul. A Saint in Seattle: The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche. limited. Wisdom publications. 2003. 768 pages. 0-86171-396-6.
3. Book: Wilkinson, Christopher. The Gods and Demons are Not Two. CreateSpace. 2015. i . 978-1519615701.
4. News: Seattle Boy, 4, Enthroned as a Lama in Nepal. AP. 1996-01-29. The New York Times. 2017-08-05. en-US. 0362-4331.
5. News: Seattle's Sonham Wangdu Is Tibet's Dezhung Rinpoche Reincarnated. Halverson. Matthew. February 2, 2016. Seattle Met. 2017-08-05.
6. News: Buddhists Revere 4-year-old As Reincarnated Lama. Moriwaki. Lee. January 20, 1996. Sun Sentinel. 2017-08-05. en.