Bokar Tulku Rinpoche

Bokar Rinpoche
Bokar Rinpoche
Other names	Karma Shedrup Yongdu Pel Zangpo
Personal
Born	1940; Tibet
Died	17 August 2004; India
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism
Nationality	Tibetan
School	Karma Kagyu, Shangpa Kagyu
Other names	Karma Shedrup Yongdu Pel Zangpo
Senior posting
Teacher	The Second Kalu Rinpoche
Predecessor	Karma Sherab Ösel
Successor	Karma Palden Chökyi Gyaltsen Lodrö Chok Tamche Le Nampar Gyalway Lha
	Students The Third Kalu Rinpoche;

Bokar Tulku Rinpoche (1940 – 17 August 2004) was heart-son of the Second Kalu Rinpoche and a holder of the Karma Kagyü and Shangpa Kagyü lineages.[1]

Rinpoche (Tibetan: རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: rin po che , IPA: [rinˈpotʃe]) is an honorific used in Tibetan Buddhism. It means "precious one".[2]

References

"Bokar Rinpoche", Khandro Net, archived from the original on 31 December 2008, retrieved 9 June 2009
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 August 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Rinpoche: Honorific title meaning "Precious One." It is frequently given to Buddhist reincarnated masters.

Rinpoche literally means "Great (che) Jewel (rinpo)". It is figuratively rendered as "Precious One."

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