Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche in 2008
Born
Dawa Chötar

(1945-12-03)3 December 1945
Died13 April 2023(2023-04-13) (aged 77)
Kathmandu, Nepal
RegionTibetan Buddhism
SchoolGelug
Websitefpmt.org/teachers/zopa/

Thubten Zopa Rinpoche (Tibetan: ཐུབ་བསྟན་བཟོད་པ་, Wylie: Thub-bstan Bzod-pa; born Dawa Chötar, 3 December 1945 – 13 April 2023) was a Tibetan Buddhist lama in the Gelug school. He is known for founding the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition and Maitripa College in Portland, Oregon.[1]

  1. ^ "The Official Homepage for Lama Zopa Rinpoche". Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.