Thubten Jigme Norbu

Thubten Jigme Norbu
Thubten Jigme Norbu
	Norbu with his brother, the 14th Dalai Lama, in 1996
Personal
Born	August 16, 1922; Taktser, Tibet
Died	September 5, 2008 (aged 86); Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism
Nationality	American

Thubten Jigme Norbu (Tibetan: ཐུབ་བསྟན་འཇིགས་མེད་ནོར་བུ་, Wylie: Thub-stan 'Jigs-med Nor-bu) (August 16, 1922 – September 5, 2008),^[3] recognised as the Taktser Rinpoche,^[4] 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.

^ "激进"藏独"分子借学术分裂祖国--舆情频道".
^ Thubten Jigme Norbu; Harrer, Heinrich (1961). Tibet is my country: the autobiography of Thubten Jigme Norbu, brother of the Dalai Lama, as told to Heinrich Harrer Thubten Jigme Norbu ; translated from the German by Edward Fitzgerald. Thubten Jigme Norbu ; translated from the German by Edward Fitzgerald. New York: Dutton. OCLC 1084817875.
^ Martin, Douglas (September 9, 2008). "Thubten Norbu, eldest brother of Dalai Lama, dies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
^ Gittings, John (September 7, 2008). "Obituary:Thubten Jigme Norbu". The Guardian. Retrieved October 13, 2021.

[1] "激进"藏独"分子借学术分裂祖国--舆情频道".

[2] Thubten Jigme Norbu; Harrer, Heinrich (1961). Tibet is my country: the autobiography of Thubten Jigme Norbu, brother of the Dalai Lama, as told to Heinrich Harrer Thubten Jigme Norbu ; translated from the German by Edward Fitzgerald. Thubten Jigme Norbu ; translated from the German by Edward Fitzgerald. New York: Dutton. OCLC 1084817875.

[3] Martin, Douglas (September 9, 2008). "Thubten Norbu, eldest brother of Dalai Lama, dies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2021.

[4] Gittings, John (September 7, 2008). "Obituary:Thubten Jigme Norbu". The Guardian. Retrieved October 13, 2021.

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