Dhongthog Rinpoche
Dhongthog Rinpoche Tenpé Gyaltsen (Wyl. gdong thog bstan pa’i rgyal mtshan) aka T.G. Dhongthog Rinpoche (b. 1933) - one of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist scholars alive today, noted especially for his work as a historian and lexicographer, since 1979 Rinpoche has been based in Seattle, USA. He has published a number of books in Tibetan, especially through the Sapan Institute, of which he is the founding-director.
Biography
After being recognized as the 5th reincarnation of Jampal Rigpai Raldri by the Sakya Dagchen Ngawang Kunga Rinchen, Rinpoche studied Tibetan literature and Buddhist philosophy at Dzongsar Shedra. Before leaving Tibet in 1957, Rinpoche was the head teacher of Dhongthog Rigdrol Phuntsog Ling Monastery, Kardze, Tibet. Rinpoche served the Tibetan Government-in-Exile for 13 years before moving to the United States in 1979. In those 13 years, Rinpoche worked at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala and at Tibet House in New Delhi.
He is the author of several books, including The History of Sakyapa School of Tibetan Buddhism, The Cleansing Water-drops, The Earth Shaking Thunder of True Work, The History of Tibet, and New Light English-Tibetan Dictionary. He worked as a translator and editor on the Tibetan version of Sogyal Rinpoche's The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.
Publications
In English
- Dhongthog Rinpoche, Important Events in Tibetan History, Delhi, 1968
- T.G. Dhongthog, New Light English-Tibetan Dictionary, Dharamsala, 1988
- T.G. Dhongthog Rinpoche, The Light of knowledge: Modern English Grammar, Paljor Publications
In Tibetan
- gzab bris kyi rnam gzhag ka dpe dang bcas pa blo gsal dga' skyed, Sapan Institute, 1975
- ma bcos dngos 'brel brjod pa dus kyi me lce, Paljor Publications, 1979
- mi mjed 'jig rten khams kyi rnam gzhag gna' rabs pa'i 'dod thsul la dpyad pa rigs pa'i snang byed, Sapan Institute, 1993
- bden gtam sa gzhi 'dar ba'i 'brug sgra, Sapan Institute, 1996
- rgyal ba'i bstan la 'khrul pa smra ba'i rdul sel lung rigs kyi byi dor dag byed zegs ma, Sapan Institute, 2000
- gangs can bod kyi rgyal rabs lo tshigs dang dus 'gyur yo lang la dpyad pa sngon med deb ther gzur gnas dpyod ldan dgyes pa'i dbyangs snyan, Sapan Institute, 2002
- tsom bris sna tshogs phogs bsdus utpal gzhon nu'i chun po, Sapan Institute, 2004
- rtsom bris sna tshogs phyogs bsdus utpal gzhon nu'i chun po, Sapan Institute, 2004
- tre hor gdong sprul bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan gyi 'dir snang yo lang lo rgyus brjod pa zol med ngag gi rol mo, Sapan Institute, 2004
- sde gzhung lung rigs sprul sku'i gsung zin phyogs bsgrigs, Sapan Institute, 2004
- 'jam mgon rgyal ba'i bstan dgra rdul du rlag byed lung rigs gnam lcags thog mda' , Sapan Institute, 2006
- 'thad par smra ba'i gtam mdongs mtha' sil pa'i zlos gar, Sapan Institute