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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
King of Bhutan since 2006
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck[a] (born 21 February 1980) is the King of Bhutan. His reign began in 2006 after his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne. A public coronation ceremony was held on 6 November 2008, a year that marked 100 years of monarchy in Bhutan.
Early life and education
[edit]Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was born on 21 February 1980 at Kathmandu (maternity Hospital).[3] He is the eldest son of the fourth Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan,[4]Jigme Singye Wangchuck, and his third wife, Queen AshiTshering Yangdon.[5] He has a younger sister, Princess AshiDechen Yangzom, and brother, Prince GyaltshabJigme Dorji, as well as four half-sisters and three half-brothers.[6]
After completing his higher secondary studies at Yangchenphug High School, Khesar was educated in the United States at Phillips Academy in Andover and at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, where he finished high school. He then studied at Wheaton College in Massachusetts before completing the Diplomatic Studies Programme at Magdalen College, Oxford.[citation needed]
Crown Prince
[edit]The Crown Prince, popularly known to the people of Bhutan as 'Dasho Khesar', a
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Kelsang Gyatso
Tibetan writer and former religious leader (1931–2022)
For the article about the Dalai Lama named Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, see 7th Dalai Lama.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso | |
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| Born | Lobsang Chuponpa (1931-06-04)June 4, 1931 Yangcho Tang, Western Tibet |
| Died | September 17, 2022(2022-09-17) (aged 91) |
| Occupation(s) | Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, scholar, and author |
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (Tibetan: བཀལ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ།, Wylie: bskal bzang rgya mtsho; 4 June 1931 – 17 September 2022) was a Buddhistmonk, meditation teacher, scholar, and author.[1] He was the founder and spiritual director of the New Kadampa Tradition-International Kadampa Buddhist Union (Function), a registered non-profit, modern Buddhist organization that came out of the Gelugpa school/lineage. They have 1,300 centres around the world, including temples, city temples and retreat centres that offer an accessible approach to ancient wisdom.[2]
Life and education in Tibet
[edit]Geshe Kelsang Gyatso was born on July 19th, 1931, in Yangcho Tang, Western Tibet and named Lobsang Chuponpa. At eight years old, he joined Ngamring Jampa Ling Monastery where he was ordained as a novice monk and given the monastic name "Kelsang Gyatso" meaning "Ocean of Good Fortune".