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Dorjé Chöpa (Duōjié juébá 多杰覺拔) (1874-19??)
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- Accurate Tibetan name: Rdo rje gcod pa
- Alternate Names[1]: Usually known as Dorjé Chöpa Geshé (Duōjié juébá gèxī 多杰覺拔格西), also Dorje Tsripa Gegen (as he is known in Welch, Holmes. The Buddhist Revival in China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968.), Rdo rje rtis/rtis pa dge dgen,
- Born 1874
- Died 19??
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Notable Associates:
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- Article editor: Erik Hammerstrom
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Dorjé Chöpa (Duōjié juébá 多杰覺拔) (1874-19??) was the first fully ordained Tibetan monk to teach Chinese students about Tibetan Buddhism in the Republican period.
Biography
Dorjé Chöpa was a Geshé (Tib. dge bshes, Ch. gèxī 格西) and had trained at Drepung Monastery for two decades.
Notable Students
Notes
- ↑ Various back-transliterations have been made into Tibetan from this Lama's Chinese Name. See Tuttle, 265-266f.53.
References
- Tuttle, Gray. Tibetan Buddhism and the Making of Modern China. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.