Nawang Gelek Rimpoche | |
|---|---|
སྐྱབས་རྗེ་དགེ་ལེགས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། | |
 Gelek Rinpoche | |
| Title | Lama |
| Personal | |
| Born | 26 October 1939 |
| Died | 15 February 2017 (aged 77) Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States |
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhist |
| Nationality | Tibetan |
| School | Drepung Monastery |
| Other names | Nyakre Khentrul Rinpoche, Kyabje Ngwang Gehlek Rimpoche, Gehlek Rimpoche, Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche |
| Profession | teacher |
| Organization | |
| Order | Gelug |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Khensur Denma Locho Rinpoche, Song Rinpoche |
Students
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| Profession | teacher |
Kyabje Nawang Gehlek Rimpoche (Tibetan: སྐྱབས་རྗེ་དགེ་ལེགས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།, Wylie: skyabs rje dge legs rin po che/) was a Tibetan Buddhist lama born in Lhasa, Tibet on October 26, 1939. His personal name was Gelek; kyabje and rimpoche are titles meaning "teacher" (lit., "lord of refuge") and "precious," respectively; he is known to Tibetans as Nyakre Khentrul Rinpoche.[1] According to Thupten Jinpa, principal English translator to the Dalai Lama, he is considered
"an important link to the great lineages of Tibet’s great masters, especially of the Geluk school. Known more famously for the Tibetans as Nyakre Khentrul Rinpoche, Rinpoche had been instrumental in reprinting many of the Geluk texts in the 1970s, and also remained an important object of affection for both Kyabje Ling Rinpoche and Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. Of course, his emergence as one of the great Tibetan teachers in the West has also been a source of inspiration for many.”[2]
Known for his memory, intellectual insight, familiarity with modern culture, and effectiveness as a teacher of Western practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism, Rimpoche taught in English without a translator, claiming he learned "English watching the soap opera Days of Our Lives."[3]
- ^ "Oral history interview of Gelek Rimpoche-Nyare Khentrü". loc.gov. US Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Lewis, Craig (February 16, 2017). "Respected Tibetan Teacher Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche Dies". Buddhistdoor Global. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ Magill, Mark. "Remembering Gelek Rimpoche". tricycle.org. The Tricycle Foundation. Retrieved 8 March 2018.