Doboom Tulku
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Lama Doboom Tulku Rinpoche | |
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 Doboom Lozang Tenzin Tulku | |
| Born | February 17, 1942 |
| Died | January 29, 2024 (aged 81) Mundgod, Karnataka, India |
| Other names | Doboom Lozang Tenzin Tulku |
| Education | Bhikkhu, Geshe Archarya, Honorary Doctorate |
| Alma mater | Tashi Dhargye Monastery, Drepung Monastery, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University |
| Occupations | Tibetan Lama, Librarian, Speaker, Author, Scholar, Institution Builder |
| Years active | 1944-2024 |
| Employer(s) | Dalai Lama, Tibet House, World Buddhist Culture Trust, Drepung Monastery |
| Known for | Monastic dialogue seminars, Annual Padmapani Lecture, World Festival of Sacred Music |
| Notable work | Taken Away: The Ordinary Life of a Lama, The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment: Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy and Practice, Pramana: Dharmakirti and The Indian Philosophical Debate |
| Title | Tulku |
| Website | wbct |
Lama Doboom Tulku Rinpoche (17 February 1942 – 29 January 2024[2]) was a scholar and creative writer. He served as Director of Tibet House (1981–2011), Founder and Managing Trustee of World Buddhist Culture Trust[3] (1996–2023) and as an organizer of the World Festival of Sacred Music (1999–2000).
Tulku was born in 1942 in a nomadic settlement in Kham region of Tibet. As a child he was taken to the Tashi Dhargye Monastery in Tehor, Kham province after was recognised as the reincarnation of the previous Doboom Tulku at the age of two by Phurchog Jampa Rinpoche.[4] In his memoirs he describes growing up with ordinary children, but from the age of 10 he was entrusted with presiding over the Monlam and Tscogchod festivals at Tashi Dhargye.[5] At the age of 12, he joined Drepung Monastery in Central Tibet and studied Buddhist philosophy.[6]
In March 1959, as the Chinese regiments approached Lhasa, he and his entourage made their way to India, where he stayed at the lama camp at Buxa Duar, West Bengal and continued his studies.[2][4] In 1963, he received his bhikkhu ordination from the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama later described him as his "best friend" to the Tibetologist Linnart Mäll.[7]
In 1969,[8] he entered the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, then under the auspices of Sanskrit University, Varanasi, where he studied Buddhist philosophy, developing a special interest in Madhyamika philosophy. He received Geshe Archarya degree in 1972.[6][4]
In 1999, he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in Buddhist Studies by Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Buddhist University of Bangkok.[9]
