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  • noun A title warranting great respect, prefixed to the names of Tibetan Buddhist

Etymologies

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རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ (rin-po-che)

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Examples

  • The burgundy-robed rinpoche looks like "a hipster thirty-year-old, with spiky black hair and a confident strut," she writes.

    Blissful Transmissions Melanie Kirkpatrick 2011

  • There is a zany incident involving a handsome rinpoche — a reincarnated lama — who tries to extort $100 from the seemingly gullible Californian.

    Blissful Transmissions Melanie Kirkpatrick 2011

  • This would not surprise a rinpoche because, according to Buddhist doctrine, meditation produces energy.

    The Source Woodson Merrell 2008

  • * Corrected by a monkey: the meaning of "rinpoche."

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  • It is quite difficult to fathom the depths of spirituality of a Tibetan rinpoche whose entire life is dedicated to cultivating compassion and wisdom.

    The Source Woodson Merrell 2008

  • I was deeply moved by the sheer power of will of one rinpoche, in whom, during one of his infrequent visits for a check-up, I discovered what I suspected to be a massive tumor in his lower abdomen that was causing his lower body to become hugely swollen.

    The Source Woodson Merrell 2008

  • Meanwhile one can only deplore sloppy thinking that blames Israel for all the woes of the region and fails to detect underlying and sinister anti-Semitism at work. rinpoche

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Salted lassi- I don't like it but I drink it when visiting with my rinpoche

    Food Meme Zombie Mom 2008

  • How our Governments sold the soul of Europe for oil. rinpoche

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • It is quite difficult to fathom the depths of spirituality of a Tibetan rinpoche whose entire life is dedicated to cultivating compassion and wisdom.

    The Source Woodson Merrell 2008

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  • Honorific associated with teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, meaning "precious one".

    October 6, 2009