Akong Rinpoche
Chöje Akong Tulku Rinpoche (Tibetan: ཆོས་རྗེ་ཨ་དཀོན་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ, 25 December 1939 – 8 October 2013) was a tulku in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and co-founder of the Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland, Tara Rokpa Therapy & ROKPA International Charity.
Chöje Akong Tulku Rinpoche | |
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Akong Rinpoche at his 65th Birthday celebration in 2005 | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Shetrup Akong Tarap 25 December 1939 Dharak Village, Riwoche, Kham, Tibet |
| Died | 8 October 2013 (aged 73) Chengdu, China |
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Nationality | British |
| School | Kagyu |
| Lineage | Karma Kagyu |
| Occupation | Lama & physician |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher |
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| Reincarnation | Akong Lama |
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