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Akong Rinpoche
Tibetan Buddhist tulku (1940–2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chöje Akong Tulku Rinpoche (Tibetan: ཆོས་རྗེ་ཨ་དཀོན་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ, 25 December 1939[3][4][5] – 8 October 2013) was a tulku in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and co-founder of the Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland, Tara Rokpa Therapy & ROKPA International Charity.[2]
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Chöje Akong Tulku Rinpoche | |
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Born | Shetrup Akong Tarap (1939-12-25)25 December 1939 |
Died | 8 October 2013(2013-10-08) (aged 73) Chengdu, China |
Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
Nationality | British |
School | Kagyu |
Lineage | Karma Kagyu[1] |
Occupation | Lama & physician |
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Reincarnation | Akong Lama[2] |
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