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Sogyal Rinpoche

1947 - 2019

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Sogyal Rinpoche (Tibetan: བསོད་རྒྱལ་, Wylie: Bsod-rgyal; 1947 – 28 August 2019) was a Tibetan Dzogchen lama. He was recognized as the incarnation of a Tibetan master and visionary saint of the 19th century, Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa. Sogyal Rinpoche was the founder and former spiritual director of Rigpa — an international network of over 100 Buddhist centres and groups in 23 countries around the world — and the author of the best-selling book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, which has been printed in 30 languages and 56 countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sogyal Rinpoche has received more than 475,456 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sogyal Rinpoche is the 2,750th most popular writer (down from 2,728th in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from China (down from 652nd in 2019) and the 69th most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 480k

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  • 53.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 2,750 out of 7,302. Before him are Lu Ji, Borislav Pekić, Jan Luyken, Jean Lorrain, Josef Škvorecký, and Franz Overbeck. After him are Zeb-un-Nissa, Michele Ruggieri, Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Israel Zolli, Thomas Gray, and Harold Robbins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 251. Before him are Marcello Semeraro, Regina Duarte, Novruz Mammadov, Viktor Klima, Uli Edel, and Stefan Persson. After him are Maria Farantouri, Su Tseng-chang, Mile Mrkšić, Ray Wise, Gunnar Staalesen, and William Atherton. Among people deceased in 2019, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 169. Before him are Luigi Colani, José Antonio Reyes, Marie-José Nat, Don Alden Adams, Seymour Cassel, and Jörg Demus. After him are Harrison Dillard, Marion Chesney, Camilo Sesto, René Auberjonois, Goro Shimura, and Josef Kadraba.

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In China

Among people born in China, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 689 out of 1,610. Before him are Hai Rui (1514), Lau Kar-leung (1934), Zhang Guotao (1897), Xin Qiji (1140), Xu Wei (1521), and Lu Ji (261). After him are Guo Pu (276), Tao Hongjing (456), Xu Beihong (1895), James Tien (1942), Zhang Daqian (1899), and Tang Xianzu (1550).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 69. Before him are Yuan Mei (1716), Xu Zhimo (1897), Jung Chang (1952), Sima Tan (-165), Tian Han (1898), and Lu Ji (261). After him are Tang Xianzu (1550), Song Yingxing (1587), Gu Yanwu (1613), Guan Daosheng (1262), Song Yu (-298), and Han Suyin (1917).

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