10 Facts About Chadrel Rinpoche

Chadrel Rinpoche was known formally as Jadrel Jampa Thinley Rinpoche, and was a Gelug school Rinpoche of Tibetan Buddhism.

Chadrel Rinpoche was a close student of Choekyi Gyaltsen, the 10th Panchen Lama.

Later Chadrel Rinpoche became the head Khenpo of the Tashilhunpo Monastery.

In 1989, Chadrel Rinpoche was appointed to lead the Chinese efforts to locate the reincarnated 11th Panchen Lama.

Chadrel Rinpoche was a Member of the 7th and 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Chadrel Rinpoche was communicating with the 14th Dalai Lama and others following the authentic recognition process, which was permitted by China.

In 1996, Chadrel Rinpoche was formally expelled from the CPPCC.

Chadrel Rinpoche sat in a hunger strike at Chuangdong against the unjust verdict.

Chadrel Rinpoche was released in 2002, but then re-incarcerated under house arrest for an additional 10 years.

Chadrel Rinpoche was reported in 2011 to have died suspiciously from poison, at the age of 72.