Thubten Jigme Norbu
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Death | 16 years ago |
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Date of birth | August 16,1922 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Taktser |
China | |
Date of died | September 5,2008 |
Died | Bloomington |
Indiana | |
United States | |
Spouse | Kunyang Norbu |
Children | Kunga Norbu |
Lhundrup Norbu | |
Jigme Norbu | |
Books | Tibet: A Handbook |
Tibet | |
Tibet: Its History, Religion and People | |
Parents | Diki Tsering |
Choekyong Tsering | |
Siblings | Tsering Dolma |
Gyalo Thondup | |
Lobsang Samden | |
Tenzin Choegyal | |
Jetsun Pema | |
14th Dalai Lama | |
Nationality | American |
Chinese | |
Tibetan | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1361096 |
Thubten Jigme Norbu Life story
Thubten Jigme Norbu, recognised as the Taktser Rinpoche, was a Tibetan lama, writer, civil rights activist and professor of Tibetan studies and was the eldest brother of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. He was one of the first high-profile Tibetans to go into exile and was the first to settle in the United States.