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Rinpoche or Rimpoche (Tibetan: རིན་པོ་ཆེ་; Wylie: rin po che; IPA: [rinˈpotʃe]) is an honorific used in Tibetan Buddhism. It literally means "precious one".^[1]

Guru Rinpoche refers to Padmasambhava, the "Second Buddha", who brought Tantric Buddhism to Tibet. Je Rinpoche refers to Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug School.

[edit] List of Rinpoches

This is a list of some Rinpoches, teachers in Tibetan Buddhism:

• Akong Rinpoche
• Bokar Tulku Rinpoche
• Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
• Chamtrul Rinpoche
• Chatral Rinpoche
• Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
• Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
• Chungdrag Dorje Rinpoche
• Choseng Trungpa Rinpoche
• Dagchen Rinpoche
• Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
• Dudjom Rinpoche
• Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
• Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche
• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
• Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
• Ganden Tripa Rinpoche
• Garchen Rinpoche
• Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
• Kalu Rinpoche
• Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
• Khandro Rinpoche
• Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
• Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
• Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche
• Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche
• Kunga Rinpoche
• Kwetsang Rinpoche
• Kyabje Gehlek Rinpoche
• Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
• Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche
• Ling Rinpoche
• Lopon Tsechu
• Mipham Jamyang Gyatso
• Namgyal Rinpoche
• Ogyen Trinley Dorje
• Ogyen Tulku 9th
• Pabongka Rinpoche
• Paltul Rinpoche
• Patrul Rinpoche
• Penor Rinpoche
• Rigdzin Namkha Gyatso Rinpoche
• Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
• Sermey Khensur Lobsang Tharchin
• Shamarpa
• Shenphen Rinpoche
• Sogyal Rinpoche
• Sonam Jorphel Rinpoche
• Tai Situpa
• Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
• Tenzin Ösel Rinpoche
• Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
• Tessin Rinpoche
• Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
• Third Bardor Tulku Rinpoche
• Trinley Thaye Dorje
• Thrangu Rinpoche
• Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
• Traga Rinpoche
• Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
• Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
• Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
• Wangdrak Rinpoche
• Yongey Mingyur
• Dekhung Gyaltsey Tulku Rinpoche

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^ http://www.diamondway-teachings.org/export/en/resources/glossary-r.html - Rinpoche: Honorific title meaning "Precious One." It is frequently given to Buddhist Masters.

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