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'''Gampopa''', Sönam Richen ([[sgam po pa bsod nams rin chen]]), 1079-1153
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[[Image:JeGampopa.jpg|thumb|Je Gampopa (1079-1153)]]
[[File:Gampopa1.jpg|frame|Gampopa]]
Heart son of [[Milarepa]] and patriarch of the [[Kagyu]] lineage. Born in Nyal, Eastern Tibet, he first trained as a physician, hence his name [[Dagpo Lharje]] ([[dwags po lha rje]]), the [[Physician of Dagpo]] (the name of the province in which he was to spend many years), became ordained at the age of 26 after his two children and wife died in an epidemic. After studying and practicing the [[Kadampa]] teachings, he met [[Jetsun Milarepa]] at the age of 32 , of whom he was to become an important disciple. His main disciples were the first [[Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa]] ([[dus gsum mkhyen pa]]), 1110-1193, [[Phagmo Drupa]]; ([[phag mo gru pa rdo rje rgyal po]]), 1110-1170, and [[Barom Darma Wangchuk]] ([['ba' rom dar ma dbang phyug]]), 1127-1199. The top picture (right) shows an ancient statue of Gampopa that is kept in [[Lapchi]].
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Gampopa (1079-1153) Foremost disciple of [[Milarepa]] who possessed both supreme realization and great scholarship. The great father of all the [[Kagyu]] lineages. Most known in the West as the author of '''''[[The Jewel Ornament of Liberation]]'''''.  After he studied and practiced the [[Kadampa]] teachings, at the age of 32 he met [[Jetsun Milarepa]], of whom he was to become the foremost disciple. Among his main disciples were the first [[Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa]] and [[Phagmo Drupa]]. 

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''Sonam Richen'' ([[sgam po pa bsod nams rin chen]]), 1079-1153. Born in Nyal, Eastern Tibet, he first trained as a physician, hence his name Dagpo Lharje ([[dwags po lha rje]]), the Physician of Dagpo (the name of the province in which he was to spend many years), became ordained at the age of 26 after his two children and wife died in an epidemic. After he studied and practiced the Kadampa teachings, at the age of 32 he met Jetsun Milarepa, of whom he was to become the foremost disciple. His main disciples were the first Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa; [[dus gsum mkhyen pa]] (1110-1170), Phagmo Drupa; [[phag mo gru pa rdo rje rgyal po]] (1110-1170), Dharma Wangchuk; ([[dhar ma dbang phyug]]). (Mathieu Ricard)


===Literary Works===
See '''[[Writings Of Gampopa]]

===Main Teachers===
*[[Milarepa]]<br>

===Main Students===
*[[1st Karmapa]] [[Dusum Khyenpa]]<br>
*[[Pagmodrupa]]<br>
*[[Barom Darma Wangchuk]]<br>

===Main Lineages===
*[[Kagyu]]<br>

===Alternate Names===
*Choje Gampopa
*Dagpo Rinpoche
*Dagpo Da-Ö Shönnu
*[[dwags po lha rje|Dakpo Lhaje]]

===Other Reference Sources===

===Internal Links===
*[[Kagyu]]

===External Links===



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