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Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, July 16: Venerable Dagpo Rinpoche, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist scholar and teacher, has been awarded France’s highest national order of merit, the Légion d’honneur (Legion of Honour), making him the first Tibetan ever to receive the prestigious distinction.
According to the official decree published in the French government’s journal on July 13, Dagpo Rinpoche was named a Chevalier (Knight) of the order. The award acknowledges his decades-long dedication to preserving and promoting Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, advancing intercultural dialogue, and enriching French society through his academic and spiritual endeavours.
Dagpo Rinpoche, born in 1932 in Kongpo, Tibet, was recognized at a young age by the 13th Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of Dagpo Lama Rinpoche Jampel Lhundrup Gyatso, a renowned ...
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