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Geshe Thupten Phelgye (born 1956) is a Tibetan Buddhist lama who is known for promoting vegetarianism and humane treatment of animals, and for his work as a peace activist. Geshe Thupten Pelgye represents the Gelug tradition in the Tibetan Parliament in Exile. ==Biography== Geshe Thupten Phelgye was born as Dorje Thinley in the Riwoche District of the traditional Tibetan province of Kham. In 1959, three-year-old Dorje and his family fled.〔 He attended school in India at C.S.T. Changlang and S.F.F. School Dehradun. He became a monk in 1973, at age 17, at Seraje College, Sera Monastic University.〔 After completing the traditional 18-year course of study for the geshe degree in 1991, he received his doctorate in Buddhist Philosophy from Sera Monastic University in 1991,〔 and went on to study at Gyumed Monastery. Starting in 1993, he spent five years in retreat near Dharamsala in the Dhauladhar mountains.〔 Over the years, He has been tirelessly giving talks and teachings around the world advocating vegetarianism and Universal Compassion for world peace. His message is simple, all beings deserve equal compassion like ourselves. Universal Compassion Movement is his agenda. He has taken a leave from his political service in the Parliament and back to Dharma life. He will be serving as a faculty, adviser and a global scholar in the Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington〔Eastern Washington University〕〔Eastern Washington University〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thupten Phelgye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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