Bokar Rinpoche | |
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Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
School | Karma Kagyu, Shangpa Kagyu |
Other names | Karma Shedrup Yongdu Pel Zangpo |
Personal | |
Born | 1940 Tibet |
Died | August 17, 2004 India |
Senior posting | |
Predecessor | Karma Sherab Ösel |
Successor | Karma Palden Chökyi Gyaltsen Lodrö Chok Tamche Le Nampar Gyalway Lha |
Religious career | |
Teacher | The Second Kalu Rinpoche |
Students | The Third Kalu Rinpoche |
Bokar Tulku Rinpoche (1940 – August 17, 2004) was heart-son of the Second Kalu Rinpoche and a holder of the Karma Kagyü and Shangpa Kagyü lineages.
Rinpoche (Tibetan: རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: rin po che, IPA: [rinˈpotʃe]) is an honorific used in Tibetan Buddhism. It literally means "precious one".
Rinpoche literally means "Great (che) Jewel (rinpo). It is figuratively rendered as "Precious One."