Rabten Choeling

Rabten Choeling - Center for Higher Tibetan Studies

Rabten Choeling is a Tibetan - Buddhist monastic institute in the Mont Pelerin above Vevey on Lake Geneva in Switzerland .

history

The Center for Higher Tibetan Studies in the municipality of Chardonne in the canton of Vaud was founded in 1977 by Rinpoche Geshe Rabten (1920–1986). Since his death it has been run by Gonsar Rinpoche . The incumbent Dalai Lama visited it four times between 1979 and 1988.

See also

• Tibet Institute Rikon
• Tibetans in Switzerland
• Buddhism in Switzerland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karim Di Matteo: Les disciples du dalai-lama convergent au Mont-Pèlerin depuis 40 ans. In: 24 hours . August 25, 2017.

Web links

• Rabten Choeling - Center for Higher Tibetan Studies. Rabten Choeling's website
• 40 years. Rabten Choeling's website
• Karim Di Matteo: L'anniversaire du Center tibétain fait resurgir un different vieux de 400 ans. In: 24 hours. September 6, 1017

Coordinates: 46 ° 17 '8.9 "  N , 6 ° 29' 34.4"  E ; CH1903:  527114  /  126483