Thubten Dhargye Ling

The Thubten Dhargye Ling Buddhist Center is an American Tibetan Buddhist center founded by Geshe Gyeltsen in 1978.[2]

Thubten Dhargye Ling
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
Location
Location3500 E. Fourth Street, Long Beach, California, 90814[1]
CountryUnited States
Shown within the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Thubten Dhargye Ling (California)
Thubten Dhargye Ling (the United States)
Geographic coordinates
Architecture
FounderGeshe Gyeltsen
Website
www.gstdl.org

The Thubten Dhargye Ling Buddhist Center was founded in 1978 by Geshe Gyeltsen at the "urging of his students," according to the Los Angeles Times.[2] The center, which was originally located in Los Angeles, relocated to its present location in Long Beach, California, in 1996.[2]

Geshe Gyeltsen died at the center in February 2009 at the age of 85.[2]

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