Gampopa
(1079-1153)
Tibetan Buddhist teacher, monk and philosopher
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Gampopa Sonam Rinchen (Tibetan: ; Wylie: sgam po pa sod nams rin chen) (1079–1153) "Sonam Rinchen from Gampo" — who was equally well known in Tibet as Dagpo Lhaje (Tibetan: ; Wylie: dwags po lha rje) ("the Physician from Dagpo"), Nyamed Dakpo Rinpoche ("Incomparible Precious One from Dagpo"), and Da'od Zhonnu (Tibetan: ; Wylie: zla 'od gzhon nu), (the Tibetan for Candraprabhakumara) — established the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism today, as an institution.
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1079
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1153 (aged 73)
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