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Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama

1110 - 1193

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The 1st Karmapa, Düsum Khyenpa (Tibetan: དུས་གསུམ་མཁྱེན་པ་, Wylie: dus gsum mkhyen pa, 1110–1193) was the 1st Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. His name Düsum Khyenpa means "knower of the three times", the past, present and future. It was given to him to refer to the knowledge of the three forms of time he gained at his enlightenment, including the "timeless time" of enlightened awareness. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama is the 1,554th most popular religious figure (down from 1,508th in 2019). (up from 1,588th in 2019)

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Among religious figures, Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama ranks 1,554 out of 3,187Before him are Hujr ibn Adi, Michael the Syrian, Benjamin I of Constantinople, Abdullah ibn Ja'far, Juan Carlos Aramburu, and Hudson Taylor. After him are Polyeuctus, Catherine Eddowes, Gregory III Laham, Saint Mercurius, Kōdō Sawaki, and Thomas of Villanova.

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Among people born in 1110, Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama ranks 16Before him are Maurice de Sully, Godfrey II, Count of Louvain, Kaykaus I, Richard of Saint Victor, Hodierna of Jerusalem, and Robert de Boron. After him are Rostislav I of Kiev, Abraham ibn Daud, Bertha of Sulzbach, Boril of Bulgaria, Euphrosyne of Polotsk, and Henry II, Duke of Limburg. Among people deceased in 1193, Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama ranks 4Before him are Saladin, Balian of Ibelin, and Robert IV of Sablé. After him are Roger III of Sicily, and Saint Thorlak.

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