Thubten Jigme Norbu
Tibetan lama
Died when: 86 years 20 days (1032 months)Star Sign: Leo
Thubten Jigme Norbu (Tibetan: ??????????????????????????, Wylie: Thub-stan 'Jigs-med Nor-bu) (August 16, 1922 – September 5, 2008), recognised as the Taktser Rinpoche, was a Tibetan lama, writer, civil rights activist and professor of Tibetan studies and was the eldest brother of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.
He was one of the first high-profile Tibetans to go into exile and was the first to settle in the United States.
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