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āBrog-mi
Tibetan monk
āBrog-mi (born 992, Tibetādied 1072) was a Tibetan monk and eccentric mystic.
āBrog-mi studied for one year in Nepal and for eight years at Vikramashila (BihÄr, India). Coming under the influence of AtÄ«Åa, an Indian Buddhist who arrived in Tibet about 1042, āBrog-mi was a leader in the revival of Tibetan Buddhism. He founded a new and powerful order known as Sa-skya-pa. In 1073 his disciple Dkon-mchog rgyal-po established the great Sa-skya monastery.
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