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Gampopa

1079 - 1153

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Gampopa Sönam Rinchen (Tibetan: སྒམ་པོ་པ་བསོད་ནམས་རིན་ཆེན་, Wylie: sgam po pa bsod nams rin chen, 1079–1153) was the main student of Milarepa, and a Tibetan Buddhist master who codified his own master's ascetic teachings, which form the foundation of the Kagyu educational tradition. Gampopa was also a doctor and tantric master. He authored the first Lamrim text, Jewel Ornament of Liberation, and founded the Dagpo Kagyu school. He is also known as Dvagpopa, and by the titles Dakpo Lharjé "the physician from Dakpo" (Tibetan: དྭགས་པོ་ལྷ་རྗེ་, Wylie: dwags po lha rje) and Daö Zhönnu, "Candraprabhakumara" (Tibetan: ཟླ་འོད་ཞོན་ནུ་, Wylie: zla 'od gzhon nu). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gampopa is the 1,500th most popular writer (up from 1,664th in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from China (up from 495th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among writers, Gampopa ranks 1,500 out of 7,302. Before him are B. K. S. Iyengar, Robert Bloch, Robin Hobb, Ibn al-Khatib, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Gustav Landauer. After him are August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Mario Benedetti, Olaus Petri, Régis Debray, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, and Lydia Koidula.

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Among people born in 1079, Gampopa ranks 4. Before him are Peter Abelard, Kilij Arslan I, and Judah Halevi. After him are Yejong of Goryeo, Emperor Horikawa, and William II Jordan. Among people deceased in 1153, Gampopa ranks 5. Before him are Bernard of Clairvaux, Pope Eugene III, Anna Komnene, and David I of Scotland. After him are Al-Shahrastani, Bernard de Tremelay, and Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne.

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In China

Among people born in China, Gampopa ranks 405 out of 1,610. Before him are Emperor Shun of Han (115), Liang Qichao (1873), Shannon Lucid (1943), Zhou Dunyi (1017), Taiichi Ohno (1912), and Gan Ying (100). After him are Wei Zheng (580), Zhao Mengfu (1254), Huang Gai (145), Emperor Chong of Han (143), Ruan Lingyu (1910), and Qiu Chuji (1148).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Gampopa ranks 37. Before him are Qiu Jin (1875), Ba Jin (1904), Liu Cixin (1963), Du Mu (803), J. G. Ballard (1930), and Liang Qichao (1873). After him are Qiu Chuji (1148), Eileen Chang (1920), Wen Tianxiang (1236), Mao Dun (1896), Sima Xiangru (-179), and Shen Yue (441).

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