Ösel Tendzin, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ösel Tendzin

American Buddhist Lama

Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1943

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1990

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ösel Tendzin (Tibetan: ??????????????????, Wylie: ‘od gsal bstan ‘dzin) (1943–1990) was a western Buddhist.
He was Chögyam Trungpa's principal student.
On August 22, 1976, Chögyam Trungpa empowered Ösel Tendzin as his Vajra Regent and first Western lineage holder in the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
On August 25, 1990, Ösel Tendzin died of HIV/AIDS in San Francisco, California.
His wife, Lila Rich, and a group of his students continue to live in Ojai, California.