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Drigung Chitsang Kunchok Tenzin Kusang Rinpoche, 1947-

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Personal name headingDrigung Chitsang Kunchok Tenzin Kusang Rinpoche, 1947-
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Variant(s)Drigung Rinpoche, 1947-
Rinpoche, Drigung, 1947-
Drigung Tshetsang, 1947-
Tshetsang, Drigung, 1947-
Rinpotsche von Ladakh, 1947-
Kunchok Tenzin Kusang Rinpoche, Drigung Chitsang, 1947-
Found inHarrer, H. Rinpotsche von Ladakh, c1981 (subj.) t.p. (Rinpotsche von Ladakh) p. 36, etc. (Drigung Tschetsang, son of Tsarong III (Dadul Namgyal) proclaimed in 1949 at age of 3 as the reincarnation of the Drigung Rinpotsche and considered a living Buddha) p. 70-71 (reincarnation of a man who lived from 1143 to 1217 and 37th in a direct line of 24 ascended masters and 13 reincarnations; installed in Aug. 1979 as spiritual leader of the "Red Hats" order of Tibetan Buddhists; called by the holy title: Rinpotsche, as is also the Dalai Lama)
Tibetan resources in N. America, 1977, p. 2 (Drigung Chitsang Kunchok Tenzin Kusang Rinpoche (Drigung Rinpoche), b. in Lhasa in 1947)