# Garchen Rinpoche

> The Eighth Garchen Rinpoche, also called Garchen Triptrul Rinpoche, is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher in the Drikung Kagyu lineage. Born April 1936 in Nangchen, Kham, he is believed to be an incarnation of Siddha Gar Chodingpa, a heart-disciple of Jigten Sumgön, founder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage in the thirteenth century CE. He is also believed to have incarnated as Mahasiddha Aryadeva in ancient India - the lotus-born disciple of Nagarjuna himself. He was known as Lonpo Gar, the minister of Tibetan dharma king Songtsen Gampo in the seventh century CE.

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1936-04-17
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

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- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1777279)
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- [Garchen Rinpoché](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garchen_Rinpoch%C3%A9)
- [Гарчен Ринпоче](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5)
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- [Garchen Rinpoche](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garchen_Rinpoche)
- [噶千仁波切](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%99%B6%E5%8D%83%E4%BB%81%E6%B3%A2%E5%88%87)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7b2d7f29-1744-4768-9814-7f31dc271c5e)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3095334)

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