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Also Known As Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Born February 1940 • Tibet
Died April 4, 1987 (aged 47) • Halifax • Canada
Founder Naropa University • Shambhala International
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Milarepa
Tibetan Buddhist master
Mar-pa
Buddhist scholar
Bu-ston
Tibetan Buddhist scholar
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
king of Tibet
Rin-chen-bzang-po
Buddhist monk
’Brog-mi
Tibetan monk
’Brom-ston
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak
founder of Sikhism
Philip Kapleau
American religious leader
Li Hongzhi
Chinese-born religious leader
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Indian spiritual leader
Evagrius Ponticus
Christian mystic
Bahubali
Bahubali
Jainism
Seraphim of Sarov, Saint
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
Russian monk
Lobsang Sangay
Lobsang Sangay
Tibetan scholar and political leader
Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay
Nepali-Indian mountaineer
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava
Buddhist mystic
’Phags-pa
ruler of Tibet
Śāntirakṣita
Indian teacher