Kushok Bakula
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
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
- ^ A b Tribute to the Venerable Kushok Bakula Rinpoche. Retrieved October 8, 2010 .
- ^ 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.
- ^ Marion Wisotzki et al .: Mongolia: On the way in the land of the nomads . Trescher, Berlin 2010, p. 153 ( books.google.de ).
- ↑ 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.
- ^ 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 |