Norbu, Thubten Jigme

Norbu, Thubten Jigme
▪ 2009
Tashi Tsering; Taktser Rinpoche 
      Tibetan religious leader, scholar, and activist

born Aug. 16, 1922, Takster, Amdo, Tibet

died Sept. 5, 2008, Bloomington, Ind.
was identified as the reincarnation of the Tibetan lama Taktser Rinpoche at age three, 10 years before the birth of his brother, the future 14th Dalai Lama. The 13th Dalai Lama gave him the spiritual name Thubten Jigme Norbu. As an incarnate monk, Norbu studied extensively and was appointed abbot of Kumbum monastery in Amdo. After the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950, he was escorted to the capital, Lhasa, by Communist Chinese troops who offered to make him governor-general if he would persuade the Dalai Lama to cooperate. Norbu instead counseled his brother to flee the country. Norbu, who disagreed with his brother's belief in peaceful resistance to Chinese rule in Tibet, worked as a CIA translator and endorsed guerrilla warfare for Tibetan independence. He eventually resigned from the Buddhist priesthood, married, and settled in the U.S., first in New York City and then in Bloomington, where he taught Tibetan studies at Indiana University and founded the Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center. His autobiography, Tibet Is My Country, was published in 1960.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Thubten Jigme Norbu — Thubten Jigme Norbu, anerkannt als Taktser Rinpoche (Taktser; * 16. August 1922 in Taktser; † 5. September 2008 in Indiana) war ein tibetischer Lama, Schriftsteller, Bürgerrechtler und Professor für tibetische Studien. Thupten Jigme Norbu, der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Thubten Jigme Norbu — Infobox Buddhist biography name = Thubten Jigme Norbu img size = img capt = Norbu with brother Tenzin Gyatso, in 1996 landscape = birth name = other names = dharma name = birth date = August 16, 1922 birth place = Tagster, Tibet death date =… …   Wikipedia

  • Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama — Infobox Monarch name =Thubten Gyatso title =13th Dalai Lama of Tibet caption = reign = coronation = othertitles = full name = native lang1 =Tibetan native lang1 name1=ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ native lang2 =Wylie translit. native lang2 name1=thub bstan… …   Wikipedia

  • Jigme — (auch: Jikme; tib.: jigs med; THDL: Jikmé, Transkription der VRCh: Jigmê; furchtlos, mutig) ist ein häufig verwendeter Bestandteil tibetischer Namen. Jigme ist Bestandteil des Namens folgender Personen: Jigme Dorje Wangchug (1929–1972), 3. Drug… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Norbu — (Tibetan: ནོར་བུ་, Wylie: Norbu; Chinese: 诺布; pinyin: Nuòbù) is a family name of Tibetan origin, meaning jewel . It may refer to: Khyentse Norbu, a lama from Bhutan Norbulingka, a palace in Lhasa Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, a Dzogchen teacher… …   Wikipedia

  • Norbu — (tib.: nor bu; THDL: Norbu, Transkription der VRCh: Norbu) ist ein häufig verwendeter Bestandteil tibetischer Männernamen. Norbu ist Bestandteil des Namens folgender Personen: Gyeltshen Norbu (* 1990), von der chinesischen Regierung anerkannter… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Yeshe Norbu — Tenzin Gyatso, der 14. Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (tibetisch: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, gebürtig Lhamo Dhondrub; * 6. Juli 1935 in Taktser, Provinz Amdo, Tibet) ist ein bedeutender Linienhalter der Gelug Schule des tib …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jigmé Taring — fut professeur d anglais du jeune dalaï lama Jigmé Taring aussi appelé Jigmé Sumchen Wangpo Namgyal, né en 1908 dans la famille royale du Sikkim et mort en 1991, était un homme politique tibétain …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Thupten Jigme Norbu — (ou Thoubten Jigme Norbou) (1922 – 5 septembre 2008)[1],[2] aussi appelé Taktser Rinpoché, était un lama tibétain, écrivain, militant politique et professeur d études tibétaines et frère aîné du 14e dalaï lama. Il fut l un des premiers Tibétains… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Dalai Lama — This article is about the Dalai Lama lineage. For the current Dalai Lama, see 14th Dalai Lama. Dalai Lama Gendun Drup, 1st Dalai Lama Reign 1391–2005 …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”