# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thubten-zopa-rinpoche
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:13:29.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thubten-zopa-rinpoche"
name: "Thubten Zopa Rinpoche"
slug: "thubten-zopa-rinpoche"
description: "Thubten Zopa Rinpoche was a Tibetan Buddhist lama in the Gelug school. He is known for founding the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition and Maitripa College in Portland, Oregon."
tagline: "Buddhist lama from Khumbu, Nepal"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kyabje_Lama_Thubten_Zopa_Rinpoche_December_2008_Kopan_monastery_Nepal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946-12-03"
deathDate: "2023-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.646944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%9F%E4%B8%B9%E7%B4%A2%E5%B7%B4%E4%BB%81%E6%B3%A2%E5%88%87"
    title: "土丹索巴仁波切"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thubten_Zopa"
    title: "Thubten Zopa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thubten_Zopa_Rinpoche"
    title: "Thubten Zopa Rinpoche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thubten_Zopa_Rinpo%C4%89e"
    title: "Thubten Zopa Rinpoĉe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thubten_Zopa_Rimpoch%C3%A9"
    title: "Thubten Zopa Rimpoché"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thubten_Zopa_Rinpoch%C3%A9"
    title: "Thubten Zopa Rinpoché"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubten_Zopa"
    title: "Tubten Zopa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thubten_Zopa_Rinpoche"
    title: "Thubten Zopa Rinpoche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0"
    title: "Лама Сопа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thubten_Zopa_Rinpoche"
    title: "Thubten Zopa Rinpoche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0"
    title: "Лама Сопа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1320529"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump