Definition of Rinpoche in English:
Rinpoche
noun ˈrɪnpɒtʃeɪˈrinˈpäCHˈā
A religious teacher held in high regard among Tibetan Buddhists (often used as an honorific title).
Example sentencesExamples
- Like the Tibetan Rinpoches say: Treat your own mind with loving kindness, then you will be gentle with others.
- A 20-year old Tibetan Rinpoche, or a recognized reincarnated Buddhist lama, cannot leave the country because of compulsory military service.
- The Rinpoche's arrival even caught me, the Minister for the Department of Religion and Culture, by surprise.
- These masters, known as ‘Rinpoches’, are at the heart of Tibetan Buddhist culture.
- If the lama is a high Rinpoche or your own teacher, it is customary to prostrate three times upon arriving and once when leaving.
- Through a translator Rinpoche spoke about the purpose of his visit to Darwin.
- According to his uncle, Lama Karma Samten, Rinpoche's old life in New Zealand was that of a normal child.
- Improving my life by contemplating my death was not an enticing prospect, but I found myself inspired by Rinpoche's tales of his encounters with the spiritual masters of Tibetan Buddhism.
- She meets the Rinpoche, who illuminates and exalts her small and insignificant life.
Origin
Tibetan, literally 'precious jewel'.