Thubten Jigme Norbu
Thubten Jigme Norbu , recognized as Taktser Rinpoche ( Taktser ; born August 16, 1922 in Taktser, † September 5, 2008 in Indiana ) was a Tibetan lama , writer , civil rights activist and professor of Tibetan studies. Thupten Jigme Norbu, the eldest brother of the fourteenth Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatsho , was one of the first high-ranking Tibetans in exile and a co-founder of the International Tibet Independence Movement . His autobiography Tibet - Lost Homeland was written down by Heinrich Harrer during Norbus' stay in Kitzbühel , Austria, in 1959 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Thubten Jigme Norbu in the catalog of the German National Library
- Taktser Rinpoche's life story
- rangzen.org: Who is Thubten Jigme Norbu?
- reuters.com: Dalai Lama's brother dies in US
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| SURNAME | Thubten Jigme Norbu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tibetan Lama, eldest brother of the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clock |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 2008 |
| Place of death | Indiana |