Ösel Tendzin
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title:
Ösel Tendzin
text:
Ösel Tendzin, born Thomas Frederick Rich Jr., was an American Buddhist. He was the principal student of Chögyam Trungpa. On August 22, 1976, Trungpa empowered Tendzin as his Vajra Regent and first Western lineage holder in the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism. On August 25, 1990, Tendzin died of HIV/AIDS in San Francisco, California, aged 47. His wife, Lila Rich, and a group of his students continue to live in Ojai, California.
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American Buddhist Lama
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sel_Tendzin
date created:
2006-01-14T18:40:29Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T19:50:03Z
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