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Tsem Tulku Rinpoche is a recognized tulku from the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism
- Why say "recognized" if we are not going to say recognized by whom?
and is said to be an incarnation of direct disciple of Je Tsongkhapa.
- Notice a certain degree of vagueness here? Which one?
Tsem Tulku is the founder of Kechara House in Malaysia.
- What is Kechara House?
His teaching is characterized by his style of "crazy wisdom" in the eyes of Westerners and non-Buddhists alike.
- Does this mean that if you are a Buddhist and not a Westerner, then you do not perceive his teaching style as "crazy wisdom"?
He was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1965 among auspicious signs as confirmed by his birth mother.
- It would be interesting to learn the background of how the son of a Tibetan and a Mongolian ended up being born in Taipei.
His father is a Tibetan from Aba region and till today his relatives still reside there.
- This is an odd choice of words, since "Aba" is the Chinese name for Ngawa, which I guess is what this sentence is referring to.
His father was previously a monk and a sponsor of a high lama in that region.
- Again, it would be interesting to know which high lama that was. Also, it's not clear what it means for a monk to sponsor a lama. Or did Tsem Tulku's father become a layman first, and then sponsor the lama?
Rinpoche's mother is a princess of the Mongolian royalty from the Genghis Khan lineage.
- Sorry to say, this doesn't make much sense. Basically everyone in Mongolia is of the Genghis Khan lineage. Genghis Khan is believed to be the person with the most living Y-chromosome descendants in recorded history, and this is a only a fraction of his total posterity.
His great grandfather was in fact the famous Prince Palta (1882 - 1920) of the Torguts. Prince Palta (1882 -1920) was the administrative ruler of Xinjiang Province (China) during the early 20th century.
- Well, the internet has never heard of a Prince Palta, except for in this article. Obviously, that does not mean he didn't exist. However, one would think he would be prominent enough to receive some mention if he was actually the ruler of Xinjiang during the part of the 20th century. On the other hand, Wikipedia, says that Xinjiang was ruled by imperial governors from 1881 until 1912, after which it was ruled by Yang Zengxin, a Chinese warlord, until 1928.
- This lack of detail is disappointing, because I was hoping this article would give me some more information about the claims that Tsem Tulku is a member of "the Mongolian royal family". This has sounded a bit odd to me since, as far as I'm aware, Mongolia hasn't been ruled by a Mongolian king since 1634.—Nat Krause(Talk!·What have I done?) 18:46, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
