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Longchenpa

1308 - 1364

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Longchen Rabjam Drimé Özer (Tibetan: ཀློང་ཆེན་རབ་འབྱམས་པ་དྲི་མེད་འོད་ཟེར།, Wylie: klong chen rab 'byams pa dri med 'od zer), commonly abbreviated to Longchenpa (1308–1364, an honorific meaning "The Vast Expanse") was a Tibetan scholar-yogi of the Nyingma school ('Old School') of Tibetan Buddhism. According to tibetologist David Germano, Longchenpa's work led to the dominance of the Longchen Nyingthig lineage of Dzogchen (Great Perfection) over the other Dzogchen traditions. He is also responsible for the scholastic systematization of Dzogchen thought within the context of the wider Tibetan Vajrayana tradition of philosophy which was highly developed at the time among the Sarma schools. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Longchenpa has received more than 172,002 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Longchenpa is the 2,943rd most popular writer (up from 3,070th in 2019), the 679th most popular biography from China (down from 651st in 2019) and the 70th most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 51.79

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.09

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  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Longchenpa ranks 2,943 out of 5,755Before her are J. B. Priestley, Henri Meilhac, Bat Ye'or, Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Richard Curtis, and Antonio Beccadelli. After her are Nikolay Nosov, Nemesianus, Borislav Pekić, Grigor Parlichev, Neal Stephenson, and William Robertson Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1308, Longchenpa ranks 6Before her are Stefan Dušan, Joan III, Countess of Burgundy, Henry II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Wang Meng, and Leo IV, King of Armenia. After her are Mastino II della Scala, Prince Moriyoshi, and Michele Morosini. Among people deceased in 1364, Longchenpa ranks 12Before her are Emperor Kōgon, Robert, Prince of Taranto, Elisenda of Montcada, Louis, Count of Gravina, Edward Balliol, and Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia. After her is Buton Rinchen Drub.

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In China

Among people born in China, Longchenpa ranks 679 out of 1,392Before her are Zeng Gong (1019), Lei Jun (1969), Zhao Wei (1976), Sam Hui (1948), Zhong Nanshan (1936), and Cai E (1882). After her are David Chiang (1947), Li Lisan (1899), Yang Jiang (1911), Lien Chan (1936), Yuen Ren Chao (1892), and Gu Yanwu (1613).

Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Longchenpa ranks 70Before her are Zhou Daguan (1266), Tang Xianzu (1550), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Yuan Mei (1716), François Cheng (1929), and Wang Bo (650). After her are Yang Jiang (1911), Gu Yanwu (1613), Qian Zhongshu (1910), Guan Daosheng (1262), Song Yingxing (1587), and Bing Xin (1900).