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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Rinpoche #159675 05/13/06 01:01 AM Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1 H houstonb OP stranger OP houstonb stranger H Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1 I ran across the word, "rinpoche", in a quote in Peter Shweizer's book, Do As I Say, Not > As I Do. It is in a list of terms like "rabbi", "preacher", "sensei", and so > on. Amazingly, it's not in the Random House dictionary. > > Does anyone have a definition? > > - Stuart Brown > San Rafael, CA Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rinpoche #159676 05/13/06 01:06 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont here's what the Wikipedia has to say: Quote: Rinpoche or Rimpoche (pronounced: rin-PO-shay) is a Tibetan Buddhist religious/theological honorific title. more at: Rinpoche welcome, houston! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rinpoche #159677 05/13/06 02:18 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada E Elizabeth Creith addict Elizabeth Creith addict E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada Yes, welcome to the madhouse. (the lunatics have taken over the asylum....) "Rinpoche" means "precious one" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rinpoche #159678 05/16/06 01:08 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland the lunatics have taken over the asylum.... - some are seen flying over it, though Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,012 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 987 guests, and 11 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,968 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,957 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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