Thubten Nyima Lungtok Tenzin Norbu
Rizong Sras Rinpoche (7 June 1928 – 8 December 2022), spiritual name Thubten Nyima Lungtok Tenzin Norbu, was an Indian cleric from Ladakh who was the 102nd Ganden Tripa (spiritual head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism) - finally titled as ''Ganden Trisur'' (which means "former-Ganden Tripa") ''Rizong Sras Rinpoche.'' Prior to becoming the Ganden Tripa, he was the ''Jangtse Chöje'' (trans. "Dharma master of the Northern Peak") Rinpoche from Gyüme Tantric College. Rizong Rinpoche was born into the Royal House of Matho Monastery, Matho, a cadet branch of the Royal Family of Ladakh. His father was Prince Phuntsog Namgyal, a direct descendant of the Kings of Ladakh. Rizong Rinpoche's mother, Tsering Lhazom, was from the aristocratic Leh Kalon family. He was the nephew of the 19th Bakula Rinpoche. In the early 1930s, as a child, Rizong Rinpoche was recognized as a tulku by the 13th Dalai Lama and enthroned as the reincarnation of the previous Sras Rinpoche, founder of ...
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Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in majority regions surrounding the Himalayan areas of India (such as Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and a minority in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand), in much of Central Asia, in the southern Siberian regions such as Tuva, and in Mongolia. Tibetan Buddhism evolved as a form of Mahāyāna Buddhism stemming from the latest stages of Indian Buddhism (which also included many Vajrayāna elements). It thus preserves many Indian Buddhist tantric practices of the post-Gupta early medieval period (500 to 1200 CE), along with numerous native Tibetan developments. In the pre-modern era, Tibetan Buddhism spread outside of Tibet primarily due to the influence of the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), founded by Kublai Khan, which had ruled China, ...
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