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Yeshe Losal
Losal in 2010
Title	Chairman of Rokpa Trust Abbot and Retreat Master of Kagyu Samye Ling Executive Director of The Holy Isle Project
Personal
Born	Jamphel Drakpa (1943-05-25) 25 May 1943 (age 81) Kham, Tibet
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism
Nationality	British
School	Kagyu
Lineage	Karma Kagyu
Occupation	Lama
Senior posting
Teacher	Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa
Website	http://samyeling.org

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Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche (Tibetan: ཡེ་ཤེས་བློ་གསལ་, Wylie: ye shes blo gsal) is a lama in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and abbot of the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre, Scotland, the first and largest of its kind in the West.