Chime Rinpoche Tibetan lama and teacher dead at age 84
Chime Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama and teacher, died on March 24, 2026, in London, England, at the age of 84. Born near Jyekundo, Kham, Tibet, on October 8, 1941, he…
Named Rinpoche
16 obituaries for famous people named Rinpoche. See who they were, when they died, and read their memorial pages.
Ngari Rinpoche Tulku dead at age 79
Ngari Rinpoche, the Tibetan tulku and politician known as Tenzin Choegyal, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Lhasa in March 1946, he was the…
Yeshe Lodoi Rinpoche
81–82Died on Thursday February 20th 2025
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
Tibetan Buddhist scholarDied on Saturday June 29th 2024
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Tibetan Buddhist lamaDied on Thursday April 13th 2023
Rizong Rinpoche
Indian Tibetan clericDied on Thursday December 22nd 2022
Gangchen Tulku Rinpoche
Tibetan-Italian Buddhist monkDied on Monday April 20th 2020
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
Tibetan Karma Kagyu lamaDied on Thursday October 17th 2019
Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
Taiwanese-born Tibetan teacher from MalaysiaDied on Thursday September 5th 2019
Sogyal Rinpoche
Tibetan Dzogchen lama and writer (The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)Died on Wednesday August 28th 2019
Lodi Gyari Rinpoche
Tibetan diplomatDied on Monday October 29th 2018
Yangthang Rinpoche
Indian Buddhist teacherDied on Saturday October 29th 2016
Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche
Tibetan lamaDied on Wednesday December 23rd 2015
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
Chinese Tibetan buddhist monk and political prisonerDied on Sunday July 12th 2015
Akong Rinpoche
Tibetan-born British Buddhist teacher and authorDied on Tuesday October 8th 2013
Denma Locho Rinpoche
Tibetan lamaDied on Thursday October 23rd 2014