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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 One Who Is the Vast Cosmic 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 190,541 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Longchenpa is the 3,329th most popular writer (down from 2,932nd in 2019), the 759th most popular biography from China (down from 677th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 190k

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  • 52.02

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

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  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Longchenpa ranks 3,329 out of 7,302. Before her are Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Shen Congwen, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Willem Frederik Hermans, Edvard Radzinsky, and Buton Rinchen Drub. After her are Augusto Monterroso, Olof von Dalin, Azar Nafisi, Pietro Carrera, Antun Vrančić, and Francisco de Sá de Miranda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1308, Longchenpa ranks 8. Before her are Joan III, Countess of Burgundy, Henry II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Mastino II della Scala, Leo IV, King of Armenia, Wang Meng, and Prince Moriyoshi. After her is Michele Morosini. Among people deceased in 1364, Longchenpa ranks 13. Before her are Elisenda of Montcada, Robert, Prince of Taranto, Louis, Count of Gravina, Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia, Edward Balliol, and Buton Rinchen Drub. After her is Sinanüddin Fakih Yusuf Pasha.

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In China

Among people born in China, Longchenpa ranks 759 out of 1,610. Before her are Yang Jiechi (1950), Sakya Pandita (1182), Pei Xiu (224), Tang Jingsong (1841), Witness Lee (1905), and Shen Congwen (1902). After her are Zhang Tingyu (1672), Yu Hua (1960), Xu Caihou (1943), Xu Xiangqian (1901), Huang Hua (1913), and Wu Bangguo (1941).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Longchenpa ranks 82. Before her are François Cheng (1929), Wang Bo (650), Qian Zhongshu (1910), Luo Yixiu (1889), Sakya Pandita (1182), and Shen Congwen (1902). After her are Yu Hua (1960), Bing Xin (1900), Sanmao (1943), Yang Jiang (1911), Xiao Hong (1911), and Wang Changling (698).

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