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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:

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.