Person:Sgam po pa

Names

Tibetan: Person:Sgam po pa

Wylie:

• sgam po pa
• dwags po lha rje
• dwags po rin po che
• rje dwags po rin po che
• sgam po pa bsod nams rin chen
• dwags po lha rje bsod nams rin chen
• sgam po pa dar ma grags
• zla 'od gzhon nu (Person:Sgam po pa)
• snyi ba rin po che

Other Transliterations in use:

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• Person:Sgam po pa
• Person:Sgam po pa (the Tibetan for Candraprabhakumara)
• Person:Sgam po pa ("the Physician from Dagpo")
• Person:Sgam po pa ("Incomparible Precious One from Dagpo")
• Person:Sgam po pa

Dates

birth 1079 at dbus lho gnyal yul
death 1153
foundsMonastery 1121 at dwags lha sgam po (rgya tsha rdzong)

Other Biographical Information

TBRC P1844
Short Gampopa biography from Kagyu Office website
List of works compiled by Dan Martin

Married (not recorded): Mchims Jo-sras Dar-ma-'od's daughter.
1104. Final ordination from (not recorded): Dge-bshes Blo-ldan-shes-rab (?=Rngog).
1106. Went with 'Gong-ston to Dbu-ru Byang.
Receives Bka'-gdams-pa teachings from Snyug-rum-pa Brtson-'grus-rgyal-mtshan.
1109. Meets Mi-la-ras-pa.
Founds Dwags-lha-sgam-po at the order of Mi-la-ras-pa.
Gsung 'bum in two volumes.
Tshe-nor gives year of birth as 1079.

Main Students

• rdo rje rgyal po
• dus gsum mkhyen pa
• shes rab byang chub
• tshul khrims snying po
• dwags po 'dul 'dzin
• shwo sgom
• dar ma dbang phyug
• brtson 'grus grags pa
• rin chen brtson 'grus
• tshul khrims dpal
• pra b+ha rat+na
• chos g.yung
• sgom tshul
• byang chub ye shes
• shes rab gzhon nu
• byang chub dngos grub

Main Teachers

• mi la ras pa
• brtson 'grus rgyal mtshan
• gzhon nu 'od

Writings

• Works associated with Sgam po pa in the gdams ngag mdzod catalog

• chos rje rang byung rdo rjes mdzad pa'i rlung sems gnyis med (9, pp 167-173)
• dpal 'khor lo bde mchog dwags po snyan brgyud lugs kyi dkyil 'khor gyi cho ga bde chen sdom pa (7, pp 151-208)
• dwags po rin po che'i chos bzhi mdor bsdus pa (8, pp 397-400)
• lus med mkha' 'gro'i bsnyan brgyud kyi man ngag gi khrid yig (8, pp 197-201)
• rje btsun chen po mi la ras pas mdzad pa'i snyan brgyud gsal bskor gsum sogs (7, pp 109-113)
• rje btsun mi la'i ma rig gsal byed (7, pp 113-118)
• rje btsun mi las mdzad pa'i dngos po gsal bar byed pa (7, pp 109-113)
• rje sgam po pa'i phyag rgya chen po lam gcig chod (7, pp 67-69)
• sems khrid yid bzhin nor bu (8, pp 416-423)
• sgam po lugs kyi phyag chen dang chos drug zung 'brel gyi brgyud pa'i gsol 'debs byin rlabs 'pho ba'i gseng lam (8, pp 235-239)
• Zab lam phyag rgya chen po dang nA ro chos drug gi gzhung (, pp )