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Lodi Gyari

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Lodi Gyari after the 9th round of dialogue with China, in 2010

Lodi Gyari, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, Lodi Gyari Rinpoche or Kasur Lodi Gyari (Pema Lodrö Gyaltsen) born in 1949 in Tibet is the special envoy to the 14th Dalai Lama in the USA.

Biography

Lodi Gyari Rinpoche was born in Nyarong in Eastern Tibet in 1949 and went into exile in 1959 in India, where he developed political activities. With others, he co-founded the Tibetan Youth Congress. More recently, he became and the Executive Chairman of the Board of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT).

He was recognized as the reincarnation of a Buddhist master of the Nyingma lineage, named Khenchen Jampal Dewé Nyima from Lumorap Monastery in Tibet. His previous incarnation among the main teachers of Dudjom Rinpoche.[clarification needed]

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