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| Samdhong Rinpoche | |
|---|---|
| ཟམ་གདོང་རིན་པོ་ཆེ | |
| Style | His Eminence |
| Type | Religious title |
| Website | Official website |
Samdhong Rinpoche (Tibetan : ཟམ་གདོང་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie : zam gdong rin po che) is a Tibetan religious title. Rinpoche means "precious one". [1] The current Samdhong Rinpoche is Lobsang Tenzin, [2] who is considered by Tibetan buddhists to be the reincarnation of the 4th Samdhong Rinpoche.
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| 5 |  | Lobsang Tenzin | born 1939 | 1944 | 1944 | [3] |
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