Tubten Tsondru Puntsok

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Tubten Tsondru Puntsok (thub bstan brtson 'grus phun tshogs) (b.1920 - d.1979). A teacher in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism who played an important role in re-establishing the tradition of Nyingma scholarship in exile, following the Chinese takeover of Tibet. He was the founder of several important Nyingma "shedras", and a teacher to several senior Nyingma scholars, including Ringu Tulku Rinpoche.

His writings include works on Tibetan grammar and the Abhisamayālaṃkāra, as well as an introduction to logic (rtags rigs).

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