What is Khyongla Rato?
[[File:Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, Sept 15 2014.JPG|right|200px]] '''Khyongla Rato''' (1923 – May 24, 2022) was a [[Tibet]]an [[Buddhist]] monk, scholar and teacher. He was born in [[Kham]], Tibet. He was seen as an [[reincarnation|incarnate]] [[lama]] at an early age. He spent over 30 years of his life as a monk studying in the monasteries of [[Tibet]]. In 1975 he founded [[The Tibet Center]], a center for the study of Buddhism in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dias |first1=Elizabeth |title=Beyond the Dalai Lama: Profiles of Four Tibetan Lamas-in-Exile |url=https://world.time.com/2011/07/28/beyond-the-dalai-lama-profiles-of-four-tibetan-lamas-in-exile/ |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=Time |date=July 28, 2011}}</ref> For more than 30 years he was the director and main teacher at the Tibet Center. In 1977, his autobiography, ''[[My Life and Lives]]'', was published. In 1993 he appeared in the [[Bernardo Bertolucci|Bertolucci]] movie, ''[[Little Buddha]]''. Rato died in [[Dharamsala]], [[India]] on May 24, 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Tibet Center Sadly Announces the Passing of Khongla Rato Rinpoche in Dharamsala THE TIBET CENTER SADLY ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF RATO KHYONGLA RINPOCHE IN DHARAMSALA |url=https://thetibetcenter.org/news/2022/5/24/the-tibet-center-sadly-announces-the-passing-of-rato-khyongla-rinpoche-in-dharamsala |access-date=29 May 2022 |publisher=The Tibet Center |date=May 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Greenblatt |first1=Lilly |title=Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, founder of The Tibet Center, has died |url=https://www.lionsroar.com/khyongla-rato-rinpoche-founder-of-the-tibet-center-has-died/ |access-date=29 May 2022 |publisher=Lion's Roar |date=May 27, 2022 |archive-date=31 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531235644/https://www.lionsroar.com/khyongla-rato-rinpoche-founder-of-the-tibet-center-has-died/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rato, Khyongla}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Tibetan Bu