Geshe Rabten

He was a student at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, and achieved Geshe status before leaving Tibet in 1959.

He became known as a debater, scholar, and meditation master.

In the mid 1960s Geshe Rabten was a religious assistant to the Dalai Lama.

[2] The Dalai Lama asked him to teach Dharma to Westerners in Dharamshala in 1969.

Other centres that he founded in Europe included the Tibetan centre in Hamburg, Tashi Rabten at the Letzehof, Puntsog Rabten in Munich and Gephel Ling in Milan.