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Born 1290
Died 1364 (aged 74)
Subjects Of Study Charya-tantra • Hīnayāna • Mahayana • Tantra • Tibetan Buddhism • Vajrayana • Yoga-tantra
Milarepa
Tibetan Buddhist master
Mar-pa
Buddhist scholar
’Brog-mi
Tibetan monk
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
’Phags-pa
ruler of Tibet
Rin-chen-bzang-po
Buddhist monk
’Brom-ston
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava
Buddhist mystic
Pillar commemorating Ashoka at Vaishali
Ashoka
emperor of India
Lobsang Sangay
Lobsang Sangay
Tibetan scholar and political leader
Chögyam Trungpa
Tibetan abbot
Kumarajiva
Buddhist scholar
Śāntirakṣita
Indian teacher
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
king of Tibet
Vasubandhu
Indian Buddhist philosopher
Tsong-kha-pa
Tibetan lama
Ashvaghosha
Indian philosopher and poet
Atīśa
Buddhist religious reformer
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Buddha
Buddha
founder of Buddhism