Thubten Jigme Norbu

Thubten Jigme Norbu
name at birth: Tashi Tsering
birthplace: Tengster, Tibet
79 in 2002
Parents: "Gyayum Chenmo" (Great Mother) and Yabshi Kung Wife: Kunyang
Married: 1960
Sons: Lhundrup, Kunga, Jigme
(note: Jigme owns Snow Lion restaurant in Bloomington)
Brother of the Dalai Lama (born Lhamo Thondup)
Also brother of Gyalo Thondup
Reincarnation of Taktser Tulku
Former professor, Indiana University
Founder in 1979, Tibetan Cultural Center, Bloomington
See "This is my Tibet," by Evan West, Indianapolis Monthly, April 2002: 137-141, 206-211.

(created 31 March 2002)