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 (Candraprabhakumara)
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
Quotes
Writings About Sgam po pa
Writings
- 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)