Person:Sgam po pa

Names

Wylie:
sgam po pa
sgam po pa bsod nams rin chen
dwags po lha rje bsod nams rin chen
dar ma grags, sgam po pa
zla 'od gzhon nu (Person:Sgam po pa)

Other Transliterations in use:
Jé Gampopa
Gampopa
Candraprabhakumara

Dates

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

Other Biographical Information

Married (not recorded): Mchims Jo-sras Dar-ma-'od's dauthter.
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)
• 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)