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Sogyal Rinpoche

1947 - 2019

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Sogyal Rinpoche (Tibetan: བསོད་རྒྱལ་, Wylie: Bsod-rgyal; 1947 – 28 August 2019) was a Tibetan Dzogchen lama. He was recognized as the incarnation of a Tibetan master and visionary saint of the 19th century, Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa. Sogyal Rinpoche was the founder and former spiritual director of Rigpa — an international network of over 100 Buddhist centres and groups in 23 countries around the world — and the author of the best-selling book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, which has been printed in 30 languages and 56 countries. Before his retirement, in the wake of abuse allegations in 2017, he had been teaching for 40 years in Europe, America, Asia and Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sogyal Rinpoche is the 2,520th most popular writer (up from 2,750th in 2019), the 643rd most popular biography from China (up from 693rd in 2019) and the 66th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 2,520 out of 7,302. Before him are Isak Samokovlija, Rebecca West, Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, Mohammed Dib, Jean d'Ormesson, and Terence McKenna. After him are María Kodama, Heimito von Doderer, Ikki Kita, Cornelis de Bruijn, Antigonus of Carystus, and Hermas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 250. Before him are Novruz Mammadov, Laurie Anderson, Daishiro Yoshimura, William Atherton, Ján Pivarník, and James Dyson. After him are Michel Sardou, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Emmylou Harris, Andréa Ferréol, Malcolm Ranjith, and Nick Castle. Among people deceased in 2019, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 159. Before him are Jacques Loussier, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Emanuel Ungaro, Monkey Punch, Vonda N. McIntyre, and Harrison Dillard. After him are John C. Bogle, Jörg Demus, Peter Schreier, Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Goro Shimura, and Luigi Colani.

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In China

Among people born in China, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 643 out of 1,610. Before him are Sergei Stepashin (1952), Shi Pei Pu (1938), He Long (1896), Xia Gui (1195), Ma Huan (1380), and Pan Yuliang (1895). After him are Bo Gu (1907), Kenneth Tsang (1935), Song Yingxing (1587), James Tien (1942), Zhu of Xia (null), and Zhang Zeduan (1085).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 66. Before him are Li Yu (1610), Sakya Pandita (1182), Zhou Daguan (1266), Tian Han (1898), Gu Yanwu (1613), and Tang Xianzu (1550). After him are Song Yingxing (1587), Luo Yixiu (1889), Guan Daosheng (1262), Jung Chang (1952), Han Suyin (1917), and Xue Tao (768).

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