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Also Known As Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Born February 1940 • Tibet
Died April 4, 1987 (aged 47) • Halifax • Canada
Founder Naropa University • Shambhala International
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Bu-ston
Tibetan Buddhist scholar
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Buddhist scholar
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Milarepa
Milarepa
Tibetan Buddhist master
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
king of Tibet
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Buddhist monk
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’Brog-mi
Tibetan monk
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’Brom-ston
Tibetan Buddhist monk
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Guru Nanak
founder of Sikhism
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American religious leader
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Li Hongzhi
Chinese-born religious leader
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Indian spiritual leader
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Evagrius Ponticus
Christian mystic
Bahubali
Bahubali
Jainism
Seraphim of Sarov, Saint
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
Russian monk
Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay
Nepali-Indian mountaineer
Lobsang Sangay
Lobsang Sangay
Tibetan scholar and political leader
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava
Buddhist mystic
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’Phags-pa
ruler of Tibet
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Śāntirakṣita
Indian teacher