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Gampopa

1079 - 1153

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Gampopa Sönam Rinchen (Tibetan: སྒམ་པོ་པ་བསོད་ནམས་རིན་ཆེན་, Wylie: sgam po pa bsod nams rin chen, 1079–1153) was the main student of Milarepa, and a Tibetan Buddhist master who codified his own master's ascetic teachings, which form the foundation of the Kagyu educational tradition. Gampopa was also a doctor and tantric master. He authored the first Lamrim text, Jewel Ornament of Liberation, and founded the Dagpo Kagyu school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gampopa has received more than 111,775 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Gampopa is the 1,665th most popular writer (down from 1,487th in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from China (down from 426th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

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  • 57.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Collected works (gsuṅ ʼbum) of Sgam-po-pa Bsod-nams-rin-chen
Early works to 1800, Buddhism, Dwags-po (Sect)
1982
Der kostbare Schmuck der Befreiung
Bodhisattva stages, Bodhisattva stages (Mahayana Buddhism), Doctrines
2000
Lam mchog rin po cheʼi phreṅ ba =
Buddhism, Spiritual life
2009
Dam chos yid bźin gyi nor bu thar pa rin po cheʾi rgyan
Mahayana Buddhism, Doctrines, Bodhisattva stages (Mahayana Buddhism)
1959
Gems of Dharma, Jewels of Freedom
1995
Le Précieux Ornement de la libération
1999

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gampopa ranks 1,665 out of 7,302. Before him are Algernon Charles Swinburne, Egon Kisch, Joseph Needham, Nina Berberova, Walafrid Strabo, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. After him are Nicander, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Martin Opitz, Edward Lear, Quintus Smyrnaeus, and Upton Sinclair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1079, Gampopa ranks 5. Before him are Peter Abelard, Kilij Arslan I, Judah Halevi, and Yejong of Goryeo. After him are Emperor Horikawa, and William II Jordan. Among people deceased in 1153, Gampopa ranks 7. Before him are Bernard of Clairvaux, Pope Eugene III, Anna Komnene, David I of Scotland, Bernard de Tremelay, and Al-Shahrastani. After him is Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne.

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In China

Among people born in China, Gampopa ranks 495 out of 1,610. Before him are He Zizhen (1910), Liu Zongyuan (773), Marpa Lotsawa (1012), Ba Jin (1904), 7th Dalai Lama (1708), and Peng Liyuan (1962). After him are Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235), Shaohao (null), Mei Lanfang (1894), Yao Wenyuan (1931), Zuo Zongtang (1812), and T. V. Soong (1894).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Gampopa ranks 44. Before him are Wen Tianxiang (1236), Liu Cixin (1963), Eileen Chang (1920), Li He (790), Liu Zongyuan (773), and Ba Jin (1904). After him are Shen Yue (441), Mao Dun (1896), Li Yu (1610), Xu Shen (58), Feng Menglong (1574), and Ruan Ji (210).

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