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Ösel Tendzin (Tibetan: འོད་གསལ་བསྟན་འཛིན་, Wylie: ‘od gsal bstan ‘dzin), born Thomas Frederick Rich Jr. (June 28, 1943 – August 25, 1990), was an American Buddhist. He was the principal student of Chögyam Trungpa.
Aug 28, 1990 · Osel Tendzin, the first Westerner to lead an international Tibetan Buddhist sect, died Saturday at Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center here. He was 47 years old.
Empowerment as Vajra Regent. The Empowerment of Thomas Rich as Vajra Regent Ösel Tendzin was conferred by Vidyadhara, the Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, at Karma Dzong in Boulder, Colorado. It was the first time a Western student was empowered as a lineage holder in the Karma Kagyü Lineage.
The Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche empowered the Vajra Regent Ösel Tendzin in 1976, as his lineage holder in the Kagyü and Nyingma Tibetan Buddhist traditions. The Library & Archives is located in Boulder, Colorado, and disseminates teachings throughout the world in video, audio, and print form.
Jan 11, 2009 · With His Holiness’ blessing, Ösel Tendzin should hold his title and the sanity of the enlightened lineage. He is absolutely capable of imparting the message of buddhadharma to the rest of the world”…
Aug 27, 1990 · Vajra Regent Osel Tendzin, who became the first Westerner to head an international sect of Tibetan Buddhism and who later scandalized his followers by his sexual behavior while infected with...
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Ösel Tendzin (Tibetan: འོད་གསལ་བསྟན་འཛིན་, Wylie: `od gsal bstan `dzin) (1943–1990) was a western Buddhist. He was Chögyam Trungpa's principal student. On August 22, 1976, Chögyam Trungpa empowered Ösel Tendzin as his Vajra Regent and first Western lineage holder in the Tibetan Karma Kagyü and Nyingma ...
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