Rinpoche

Rinpoche, also Rimboche, also Rinboqê (Tibetan: རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: rin-po-che, ZYPY: Rinboqê) A honorific term used in Tibetan language. It literally means "precious".

• As a precious Gem. Jewel. Ratna.
• As a Precious Substance.
• As a Precious Place.
• As a term of respect used in context of Tibetan Buddhism as a way of showing respect in addressing recognized as reincarnated, older, respected, famous, learned and / or accomplished Lama.

See also

• Rinpoches, partial list of a few spiritual teachers of past and present commonly addressed as Rinpoche.
• Tulku, someone who is recognized as the rebirth of a previous practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism.
• Mount Kailash Often called in Tibetan language Gang Rinpoche.

External Links

Rinpoche entry in Rangjung Yeshe wiki.

Bibliography

• The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan by Melvyn C. Goldstein, Editor ISBN 0-520-20437-9