Rinpoche
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Rinpoche or Rimpoche (Tibetan: རིན་པོ་ཆེ་; Wylie: rin po che; IPA: [rinˈpotʃe]) is an honorific used in Tibetan Buddhism. It literally means "precious one".[1]
Guru Rinpoche refers to Padmasambhava, the "Second Buddha", who brought Tantric Buddhism to Tibet. Je Rinpoche refers to Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug School.
[edit] List of Rinpoches
This is a list of some Rinpoches, teachers in Tibetan Buddhism:
- Akong Rinpoche
- Bokar Tulku Rinpoche
- Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
- Chamtrul Rinpoche
- Chatral Rinpoche
- Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
- Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
- Chungdrag Dorje Rinpoche
- Choseng Trungpa Rinpoche
- Dagchen Rinpoche
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
- Dudjom Rinpoche
- Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
- Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche
- Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
- Ganden Tripa Rinpoche
- Garchen Rinpoche
- Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
- Kalu Rinpoche
- Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
- Khandro Rinpoche
- Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
- Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
- Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche
- Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche
- Kunga Rinpoche
- Kwetsang Rinpoche
- Kyabje Gehlek Rinpoche
- Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
- Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche
- Ling Rinpoche
- Lopon Tsechu
- Mipham Jamyang Gyatso
- Namgyal Rinpoche
- Ogyen Trinley Dorje
- Pabongka Rinpoche
- Paltul Rinpoche
- Patrul Rinpoche
- Penor Rinpoche
- Rigdzin Namkha Gyatso Rinpoche
- Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
- Sermey Khensur Lobsang Tharchin
- Shamarpa
- Shenphen Rinpoche
- Sogyal Rinpoche
- Tai Situpa
- Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
- Tenzin Ösel Rinpoche
- Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
- Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
- Trinley Thaye Dorje
- Thrangu Rinpoche
- Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
- Traga Rinpoche
- Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
- Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
- Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
- Wangdrak Rinpoche
- Yongey Mingyur
[edit] References
^ http://www.diamondway-teachings.org/export/en/resources/glossary-r.html - Rinpoche: Honorific title meaning "Precious One." It is frequently given to Buddhist Masters.
