Gen Rinpoche's short biography on his 96th birthday celebration

Professor Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe was born in 1930 in Lhokha, Central Tibet, and became a monk of Drepung Loseling Monastery at thirteen. After completing his studies in 1969, Geshe Thabkhe was awarded the highest academic degree in the Geluk Tibetan Buddhism school. Since 1972, he has been a professor of the Indian tradition of Buddhist philosophy at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, the only Tibetan university in India. He has also served as a lecturer at the School of Buddhist Philosophy, Leh, Ladakh, and at Sanskrit University in Sarnath. His works include Hindi translations of Tsongkhapa’s Essence of Good Explanation of the Definitive and Interpretable and Kamalasila’s commentary on the Rice Seedling Sutra. He was the primary traditional source for the English translation of Tsongkhapa’s Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path. He is a resident teacher at the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center in New Jersey and has also taught at Jewel Heart in Michigan, and Sravasti Abbey in Washington State, currently Geshe-la resides in Drepung Loseling Institute of Texas and teaches there.

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Long live Geshe Thabkhe! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Long live His Eminence Pandita Yeshi Thabkhe. I was so happy to attend HE Pandita’s birthday celebration in person.