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==Biography==
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Dorjé Chöpa was a Geshé (Tib. dge bshes, Ch. gèxī 格西) and had trained at Drepung Monastery for two decades.
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Dorjé Chöpa trained at Drepung Monastery for two decades and earned his was a Geshé (Tib. dge bshes, Ch. gèxī 格西) degree there. He lived in Mongolia and made five trips to Mt. Wǔtái [[五台山]] in the first decades of the 20th century. Dorjé Chöpa moved to Běijīng [[北京]] in [[1925]] after the ninth Panchen Lama [[班禪]] relocated there.
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In Běijīng, Dorjé Chöpa became acquainted with Dàyǒng [[大勇]] and began teaching him and his students at the Buddhist Tibetan Language College [[藏文學院]]. That same year, the school closed when Dàyǒng, inspired by Dorjé Chöpa, turned the College into the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group [[留藏學法團]] and departed for Tibet. After this, Dorjé Chöpa traveled to Hángzhōu [[杭州]], where he taught Tibetan Buddhism and gave initiations.
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* Guānkōng [[觀空]]
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Dorjé Chöpa (Duōjié juébá 多杰覺拔) (1874-19??)
Dorjé Chöpa Geshé
  • 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??
Notable Associates:
  • The Ninth Panchen Lama 班禪
  • Article editor: Erik Hammerstrom

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.

Contents

Biography

Dorjé Chöpa trained at Drepung Monastery for two decades and earned his was a Geshé (Tib. dge bshes, Ch. gèxī 格西) degree there. He lived in Mongolia and made five trips to Mt. Wǔtái 五台山 in the first decades of the 20th century. Dorjé Chöpa moved to Běijīng 北京 in 1925 after the ninth Panchen Lama 班禪 relocated there.

In Běijīng, Dorjé Chöpa became acquainted with Dàyǒng 大勇 and began teaching him and his students at the Buddhist Tibetan Language College 藏文學院. That same year, the school closed when Dàyǒng, inspired by Dorjé Chöpa, turned the College into the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group 留藏學法團 and departed for Tibet. After this, Dorjé Chöpa traveled to Hángzhōu 杭州, where he taught Tibetan Buddhism and gave initiations.

Notable Students

Notes

  1. 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. P. 84.
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