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Rinpoche or Rimpoche (Tibetan: རིན་པོ་ཆེ་; Wylie: rin po che; IPA: [rinˈpotʃe]) is an honorific used in Tibetan Buddhism. It literally means "precious one".^[1]

Guru Rinpoche refers to Padmasambhava, the "Second Buddha", who brought Tantric Buddhism to Tibet. Je Rinpoche refers to Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug School.

List of Rinpoches

This is a list of some Rinpoches, teachers in Tibetan Buddhism:

• Akong Rinpoche
• Bokar Tulku Rinpoche
• Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
• Chamtrul Rinpoche
• Chatral Rinpoche
• Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
• Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
• Chungdrag Dorje Rinpoche
• Choseng Trungpa Rinpoche
• Dagchen Rinpoche
• Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
• Dudjom Rinpoche
• Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
• Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche
• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
• Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
• Ganden Tripa Rinpoche
• Garchen Rinpoche
• Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
• Kalu Rinpoche
• Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
• Khandro Rinpoche
• Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
• Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
• Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche
• Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche
• Kunga Rinpoche
• Kwetsang Rinpoche
• Kyabje Gehlek Rinpoche
• Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
• Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche
• Ling Rinpoche
• Lopon Tsechu
• Mipham Jamyang Gyatso
• Namgyal Rinpoche
• Ogyen Trinley Dorje
• Ogyen Tulku 9th
• Pabongka Rinpoche
• Paltul Rinpoche
• Patrul Rinpoche
• Penor Rinpoche
• Rigdzin Namkha Gyatso Rinpoche
• Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
• Sermey Khensur Lobsang Tharchin
• Shamarpa
• Shenphen Rinpoche
• Sogyal Rinpoche
• Tai Situpa
• Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
• Tenzin Ösel Rinpoche
• Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
• Tessin Rinpoche
• Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
• Third Bardor Tulku Rinpoche
• Trinley Thaye Dorje
• Thrangu Rinpoche
• Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
• Traga Rinpoche
• Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
• Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
• Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
• Wangdrak Rinpoche
• Yongey Mingyur
• Dekhung Gyaltsey Tulku Rinpoche

References

^ http://www.diamondway-teachings.org/export/en/resources/glossary-r.html - Rinpoche: Honorific title meaning "Precious One." It is frequently given to Buddhist Masters.

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