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Kelsang Gyatso, 1931-2022

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Personal name headingKelsang Gyatso, 1931-2022
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Variant(s)Gyatso, Kelsang, 1931-2022
Gyatso, Geshe Kelsang, 1931-2022
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, 1931-2022
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, 1931-2022
Geshe Kelsang, 1931-2022
Bskal-bzang-rgya-mtsho, 1931-2022
Lobsang Chuponpa, 1931-2022
Chuponpa, Lobsang, 1931-2022
Associated countryTibet India
Birth date1931-06-04
Death date2022-09-17
AffiliationNew Kadampa Tradition-International Kadampa Buddhist Union
Profession or occupationBuddhist monks
Found inHis An introduction to Buddhism in the Tibetan tradition, 1984: CIP t.p. (Geshe Kelsang Gyatso) CIP data (b. 1931)
Prayers for the long life of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, 2001: p.7 (Kelsang Gyatso) p.[8] (Geshe Kelsang)
Wikipedia, Nov. 7, 2014 (Kelsang Gyatso; Bskal-bzang-rgya-mtsho (b. 1931 in Yangcho Tang, Tibet) is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, scholar, and author. He is the founder and former spiritual director of the New Kadampa Tradition-International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU). After escaping to India via Nepal during the Tibetan exodus in 1959, Kelsang Gyatso stayed at the monastic study centre established at Buxa Fort. n 1976, at the suggestion of the Dalai Lama, Kelsang Gyatso was invited by Lama Thubten Yeshe through their mutual spiritual guide to become the resident teacher at the main FPMT center, Manjushri Institute in Ulverston, Cumbria in England.)
Guardian, Oct. 14, 2022: Kelsang Gyatso obituary (born in western Tibet as Lobsang Chuponpa; Kelsang Gyatso, Buddhist monk and teacher, born 4 June 1931; died 17 September 2022)
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