death_date death_place religion birth_place color title article_title background birth_date spouse image school name
september 28 , 1991 bhutan tibetan buddhism denkok valley , kham derge , tibet black rinpoche dilgo khyentse
 #ffd 068 1910 sangyum lhamo dilgo khyentse.jpg rimé -lrb- khyentse custodians are technically sakya -rrb- dilgo khyentse
dilgo khyentse

dilgo khyentse rinpoche -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- c. 1910 -- 28 september 1991 -rrb- was a vajrayana master , scholar , poet , teacher , and head of the nyingma school of tibetan buddhism from 1987 to 1991 .
as the primary custodian of the teachings of jamyang khyentse wangpo , dilgo khyentse was the de facto custodian of the vast majority of tibetan buddhist teachings .
after the chinese invasion of tibet , his personal effort was crucial in the preservation of tibetan buddhism .
