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Born 1235 • Tibet
Died 1280 (aged 45)
Subjects Of Study dual principle
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
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Bu-ston
Tibetan Buddhist scholar
Lobsang Sangay
Lobsang Sangay
Tibetan scholar and political leader
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Śāntirakṣita
Indian teacher
Milarepa
Milarepa
Tibetan Buddhist master
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
king of Tibet
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Rin-chen-bzang-po
Buddhist monk
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Tsong-kha-pa
Tibetan lama
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Gnam-ri-srong-brtsan
Tibetan ruler
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’Brom-ston
Tibetan Buddhist monk
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’Brog-mi
Tibetan monk
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W. W. Rostow
American economist
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Hugh Le Despenser
English noble, the younger [died 1326]
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Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
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Yaḥyā ibn Khalid
ʿAbbāsid vizier
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Arthur F. Burns
American economist
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John M. Poindexter
United States government official
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Ashraf Ghani
president of Afghanistan
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Charles Colson
American political and religious figure
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Buddha
founder of Buddhism