Kushok Bakula

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Kushok Bakula (born May 21, 1917 , † November 4, 2003 , also Bakula Rinpoche or Kushok Bakula Rinpoche ) was the religious leader of the Pethup Gonpa in Spituk , Ladakh , India. He was also a member of the Indian Parliament and a lama . In 1999 he founded the "Bakula Rinpoche Süm" monastery in Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia. In 2005, Leh Airport , India was renamed "Kushok Bakula Airport" in his honor .

Kushok was considered the 19th incarnation of Bakula, one of the 16 arhats of Buddha Shakyamuni. Kushok Bakula Rinpoche has helped revive Buddhism in Mongolia and Russia . From 1990 to 1999 he was the Indian ambassador to Mongolia. He campaigned for the rights of minorities.

In 1986 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan .

20. Reincarnation

20. Kushok Bakula Rinpoche

Thubstan Nawang, born on November 24th, 2005 is the 20th Bakula Rinpoche. He was enthroned on August 12, 2010 in Pethub Gompa, Spituk, Ladakh, India.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Tribute to the Venerable Kushok Bakula Rinpoche. Retrieved October 8, 2010 .
  2. ^ A b Arrival of 20th Bakula Rinpoche in his monastery. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on October 7, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ladakhstudies.org
  3. ^ Marion Wisotzki et al .: Mongolia: On the way in the land of the nomads . Trescher, Berlin 2010, p. 153 ( books.google.de ).
  4. ↑ a b PM renames Leh Airport. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 10, 2009 ; accessed on October 7, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pmindia.nic.in
  5. ^ Venerable Bakula Rinpoche. Retrieved October 7, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Bakula, Kushok
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bakula Rinpoche; Kushok Bakula Rinpoche
BRIEF DESCRIPTION religious leader of the Pethup Gonpa in Spituk, Ladakh, India
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1917
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 2003