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Born 1290
Died 1364 (aged 74)
Subjects Of Study Charya-tantra • Hīnayāna • Mahayana • Tantra • Tibetan Buddhism • Vajrayana • Yoga-tantra
Milarepa
Milarepa
Tibetan Buddhist master
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Mar-pa
Buddhist scholar
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’Brog-mi
Tibetan monk
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
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’Phags-pa
ruler of Tibet
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Rin-chen-bzang-po
Buddhist monk
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’Brom-ston
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava
Buddhist mystic
Tall stone Ashoka pillar topped with a lion sculpture stands among ancient brick ruins at Vaishali, Bihar, India, with trees visible in the background.
Ashoka
emperor of India
Lobsang Sangay
Lobsang Sangay
Tibetan scholar and political leader
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Chögyam Trungpa
Tibetan abbot
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Kumarajiva
Buddhist scholar
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Śāntirakṣita
Indian teacher
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
king of Tibet
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Vasubandhu
Indian Buddhist philosopher
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Tsong-kha-pa
Tibetan lama
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Ashvaghosha
Indian philosopher and poet
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Atīśa
Buddhist religious reformer
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Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
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Buddha
founder of Buddhism