Kelsang Gyatso

For the article about the Dalai Lama named Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, see 7th Dalai Lama.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Born
Lobsang Chuponpa

(1931-06-04)4 June 1931
Yangcho Tang, Western Tibet
Died17 September 2022(2022-09-17) (aged 91)
OccupationsBuddhist monk, meditation teacher, scholar, and author

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྐལ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ།, Wylie: bskal bzang rgya mtsho; 4 June 1931 – 17 September 2022) was a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, scholar, and author. He was the founder and spiritual director of the New Kadampa Tradition, a registered non-profit, modern Buddhist organization and new religious movement that emerged from the Gelugpa school. It currently lists more than 1,300 affiliated centres in over 25 countries.

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