Geshe Sonam Rinchen
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Venerable Geshe Sonam Rinchen, also known as Geshe Dawa, was born in Trehor region of Kham in Eastern Tibet in 1933. In 1945, he joined Dhargyey Monastery, and entered the monastic university of Sera in Lhasa in 1952, where he studied until he was forced to flee Tibet in 1959.
In India he completed his studies for the degree of Geshe Lharampa which he received in 1980. He also received the degree of Acarya from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath. He was appointed resident teacher at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India in 1978, where he teaches Buddhist philosophy and practice, mainly to westerners. He has also taught in Japan, Australia, Great Britain, South Korea, Ireland and Switzerland.
[edit] Authored Books
- Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, ISBN 1559390824
- The Bodhisattva Vow, ISBN 1559391502
- Eight Verses for Training the Mind, ISBN 1559392592 (formerly 1559391650)
- The Heart Sutra, ISBN 1559392010
- How Karma Works, ISBN 1559392541
- Nagarjuna's "Seventy Stanzas" , ISBN 0937938394
- The Six Perfections, ISBN 1559390891
- The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas, ISBN 1559390689
- The Three Principle Aspects of the Path, ISBN 1559391162
- Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas, ISBN 1559390190
- Buddha Nature, 2003 Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, ISBN 8186470344
