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| Samdhong Rinpoche | |
|---|---|
| ཟམ་གདོང་རིན་པོ་ཆེ | |
since 1944 | |
| Style | His Eminence |
| Type | Religious title |
| Website | Official website |
Samdhong Rinpoche (Tibetan:ཟམ་གདོང་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་,Wylie:zam gdong rin po che) is aTibetan religious title.Rinpoche means "precious one".[1] The current Samdhong Rinpoche isLobsang Tenzin,[2] who is considered by Tibetan buddhists to be the reincarnation of the 4th Samdhong Rinpoche.
| No. | Portrait | Name | Lifespan | Recognised | Enthronement | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ![]() | Phagpa Rabga | [3] | |||
| 2 | ![]() | Tenphel Nyima | [3] | |||
| 3 | ![]() | Tenphel Gyaltsen | [3] | |||
| 4 | ![]() | Tsultim Gyatso | [3] | |||
| 5 | Lobsang Tenzin | born 1939 | 1944 | 1944 | [4] |