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    Lochen Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055; Tibetan: རིན་ཆེན་བཟང་པོ་, Wylie: rin-chen bzang-po), also known as Mahaguru, was a principal lotsawa or translator of...
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  • Zangpo (Wylie: bzang po, ZYPY: བཟང་པོ་) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055), principal translator of Sanskrit...
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  • disciples of Padmasambhava Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055), translator of Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Tibetan Yeshe Rinchen (1248–1294), Imperial Preceptor at...
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    Lochen Tulku, the 24th reincarnation of the great translator Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo. It is about 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Kaza and 210 km (130 mi) from Manali...
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    was built, according to local tradition, by the great translator Guru Rinchen Zangpo between 958 and 1055. However, inscriptions in the preserved monuments...
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  • (ponchen). They were: Shakya Zangpo (c. 1264–1270) Kunga Zangpo (c. 1270–1275) Zhangtsun (c. 1275-?) Chukpo Gangkarwa (?-1280) Rinchen Gyaltsen died in Shingkun...
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    Lotsaba), Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055). The shrine has wooden columns supporting a high ceiling. It has murals and a painted door from the period of Rinchen Zangpo...
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    (lha 'bum), the second eldest brother of Tsangpa Gyare. His father was Rinchen Zangpo and mother was Gomokee. He was nephew to the 2nd Gyalwang Drukpa and...
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    Guge. Yeshe-Ö' sponsored novitiates, including the great translator Rinchen Zangpo. From a young age, Yeshe-Ö was interested in religious matters. He was...
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    Rinchen Zangpo who transfused Buddhist activity in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Known by the epithet "Lohtsawa" or the "Great Translator", Zangpo built...
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    rock, which is attributed to the famous builder-monk Rinchen Zangpo (958-1055 CE). Rinchen Zangpo was charged by the king of Ladakh to build 108 gompas...
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    re-introduced. Three pivotal figures in this Tibetan Renaissance were Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055), who translated sutras, tantras and commentaries; Atiśa (982–1054)...
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    by Changsems Sherabs Zangpo, disciple of Je Tsongkhapa, on a monastic site previously founded by the Translator Rinchen Zangpo. The monastery has belonged...
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    Translation School of 108 Tibetan translators, which include Vairotsana, Rinchen Zangpo, Marpa Lotsawa, Tropu Lotsawa Jampa Pel and many others. They worked...
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    Richen Zangpo and Lekpai Sherap, survived the severe climatic conditions, snake bites and diseases, and were able to return to Tibet. Rinchen Zangpo built...
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    is particularly important for the Sakya school since it was used by Rinchen Zangpo. Tathāgatarakṣita (scholar at Vikramashila), Ubhayanibandha-nāma Indrabuti's...
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  • devised a script for Tibetan based largely on the Sharada alphabet. Rinchen Zangpo, a principal lotsawa or translator of Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Tibetan...
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    Tathāgatarakṣita. Durjayachandra collaborated with the renowned Tibetan translator Rinchen Zangpo and his commentary became particularly important for the Sakya school...
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    century. He introduced the monastic community. When Lotsewa (translator) Rinchen Zangpo came, he said that an exemplary religious community would arise there...
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    Tibetan year of the Fire Ape by the Tibetan Buddhist lotsawa (translator) Rinchen Zangpo (Mahauru Ramabhadra), on behalf of the king of western Himalayan Kingdom...
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    renowned Buddhist figure. In his time a Tibetan lotsawa from Guge called Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055), after having studied in India, returned to his homeland...
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    the small chapel of Stakmo about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the north. Rinchen Zangpo is also known to have built a temple named Lakhang Nyerma at Thiksey...
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    The Rinchenling gonpa at Halji is said to have been built by Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo in the 11th century AD, and bears significant resemblances with the...
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  • Kublai Khan's son Hügechi. He married Jomo Rinchen Kyi of the Palrin family and begot a son called Zangpo Pal. The boy was brought up in Sakya but neglected...
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  • Karma Gon Monastery. Choje Chopel Zangpo, a disciple of the first Pakpa Lha and Drukpa Gyelwang Choje, along with Rinchen Pelwai Khenpo, imparted Jangsem...
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  • about 3500 m msl. The monastery was founded by Rinchen Zangpo during 10th or 11th century AD. Rinchen Zangpo was a principle translator of the Buddhist scriptures...
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    associated with Buddhist scholars such as Kumārajīva, Thonmi Sambhota, Rinchen Zangpo, as well as Kalhana Pandit and Adi Shankara. It played a key role in...
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    contains wall paintings which seem to associate it with the era of Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055). The monastery is under the control of the younger brother...
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    attributed to Vagbhata) was translated into Tibetan by རིན་ཆེན་བཟང་པོ། (Rinchen Zangpo) (957–1055). Tibet also absorbed the early Indian Abhidharma literature...
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  • programs. The school intends to apply for regional accreditation. Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program (since 1996) -- 2 years intensive Tibetan language...
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