'Arjia Lobsang Thubten Rinpoche' is the
Abbot of
Kumbum Monastery in Amdo, one of the six great centers of Buddhism in
Tibet. Born to
Mongolian nomads in Eastern Tibet, he is believed to be the
reincarnation of the father of
Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelupa (Yellow Hat) Sect of
Tibetan Buddhism. He was ordained as the Abbot of Kumbum by
Tenzin Gyatso the living 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
Rinpoche (Gegeen in Mongolian) is one of the most important religious leaders to leave Tibet since the
Dalai Lama fled into exile in
1959. He is fluent in
Tibetan,
Chinese, and
Mongolian, and since 1998, when he moved to
California, he has become quite adept at English as well.
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