List of Tibetan writers - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a chronological list of important Tibetan writers.

7th-10th century

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Thonmi Sambhota Thonmi Sambhota Thonmi Sambhota [bhrahmi samhita; localized form of ]is traditionally regarded as the creator of the Tibetan script and author of the Sum cu pa and Rtags kyi 'jug pa in the 7th century AD. Thonmi Sambhota is not mentioned in any of the Old Tibetan Annals or other ancient texts, although the Annals...	7th century	thon mi sam bho ta	-	Inventor of the Tibetan script Tibetan script The Tibetan alphabet is an abugida of Indic origin used to write the Tibetan language as well as the Dzongkha language, Denzongkha, Ladakhi language and sometimes the Balti language. The printed form of the alphabet is called uchen script while the hand-written cursive form used in everyday...
Yeshe Tsogyal Yeshe Tsogyal Yeshe Tsogyal , was the consort of the great Indian tantric teacher Padmasambhava, the founder-figure of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Nyingma tradition considers her equal in realization to Padmasambhava himself. The meditational practices related to her, stress her enlightened...	757-817	ye shes mtsho rgyal	Princess of Kharchen Great Bliss Queen	A friend of Padmasambhava Padmasambhava Padmasambhava ; Mongolian ловон Бадмажунай, lovon Badmajunai, , Means The Lotus-Born, was a sage guru from Oddiyāna who is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet and neighbouring countries in the 8th century...
Nampar Nangdze Lotsawa Vairotsana This article is about the Tibetan translator. For the primordial Buddha Vairocana, please see VairocanaVairotsana of 'Pagor' was a Tibetan translator living during the reign of King Trisong Detsen...	8th century	rnam par snang mdzad lo tsa ba	Vairotsana	Translator of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Tibetan during the first phase of translation
Padmasambhava Padmasambhava Padmasambhava ; Mongolian ловон Бадмажунай, lovon Badmajunai, , Means The Lotus-Born, was a sage guru from Oddiyāna who is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet and neighbouring countries in the 8th century...	8th to 9th century	pad ma 'byung gnas	Guru Rinpoche	Brought Buddhism to Tibet
Yuthok Yonten Gonpo Yutog Yontan Gonpo Yutog Yontan Gonpo was an 8th century high lama and the physician of Tibet.He should be distinguished from Yuthok Yontan Gompo the Younger who lived in the 12th century.For further discussion see Portrait of Yutog Yontan Gonpo.-External links:*... (the Elder)	708–833	g.yu thog yon tan mgon po	-	Author of foundational works on Tibetan medicine (rgyud bzhi, Gyüschi)
Lochen Rinchen Sangpo	957–1055	lo chen rin chen bzang po	-	First translator of Sarma Sarma (Tibetan Buddhism) Sarma In Tibetan Buddhism, the Sarma schools include the three newest of the four main schools, comprising:KagyuSakya*Kadam/Gelukand their sub-branches.The Nyingma school is the sole Ngagyur or "old translation," school.... texts
Drogmi Lotsawa	993–1050	brog mi lo tsa ba	-	Important translator of Sarma texts, especially those in the Sakya Sakya The Sakya school is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the others being the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug... tradition

11th century

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Machig Labdrön Machig Labdrön Machig Labdrön was a renowned 11th century Tibetan Tantric Buddhist practitioner and teacher....	1055-1149	ma gcig lab sgron	Dorje Dudul Chenmo	Famous yogini Yogini Yogini is the complete form source word of the masculine yogi- and neutral/plural "yogin." Far from being merely a gender tag to the all things yogi, "Yogini" represents both a female master practitioner of Yoga, and a formal term of respect for a category of modern female spiritual teachers in... , promoter of Chöd Chöd Chöd , is a spiritual practice found primarily in Tibetan Buddhism. Also known as "Cutting Through the Ego," the practice is based on the Prajñāpāramitā sutra... in Tibet
Tertön Sangye Lama	1000–1080	gter ston sangs rgyas bla ma	-	The first Tertön Tertön A tertön is a discoverer of ancient texts or "terma". Many tertöns are considered incarnations of the 25 main disciples of Padmasambhava. A vast system of transmission lineages developed...
Marpa Lotsawa Marpa Lotsawa Marpa Lotsawa , sometimes known fully as Lhodak Marpa Choski Lodos or commonly as Marpa the Translator, was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher credited with the transmission of many Buddhist teachings to Tibet from India, including the teachings and lineages of Vajrayana and Mahamudra.-Biography:Born as...	1012–1097	mar pa	-	Important translator of Sarma texts
Milarepa Milarepa Jetsun Milarepa , is generally considered one of Tibet's most famous yogis and poets. He was a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.- Life :...	11th to 12th century	mi la ras pa	Jetsün	Famous yogi Yogi A Yogi is a practitioner of Yoga. The word is also used to refer to ascetic practitioners of meditation in a number of South Asian Religions including Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism.-Etymology:... , known for his Vajra Vajra Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond... songs
Bari Lotsawa Rinchen Drag	1040–1111	ba ri lo tsa ba rin chen grags	2nd Sakya Trizin Sakya Trizin Sakya Trizin or Sa'gya Gongma Rinboqê is the traditional title of the head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism.The Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism was founded in 1073, when Khon Konchog Gyalpo , a member of Tibet’s noble Khön family, established a monastery in the region of Sakya, Tibet,...	Wrote One Hundred Sadhana Sadhana Sādhanā literally "a means of accomplishing something" is ego-transcending spiritual practice. It includes a variety of disciplines in Hindu, Sikh , Buddhist and Muslim traditions that are followed in order to achieve various spiritual or ritual objectives.The historian N... s of Bari
Langri Tangpa Langri Tangpa Geshe Langri Tangpa is an important figure in the lineage of the Kadampa and Gelug schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in Central Tibet, as Dorje Senge . His name derives from Langtang, the area in which he is said to have lived...	1054–1123	glang ri thang pa	Geshe Geshe Geshe is a Tibetan Buddhist academic degree for monks...	Kadam tradition
Patsab Lotsawa Nyima Drakpa	born 1055	pa tshab lo tsa ba nyi ma grags pa	-	Translated many Madhyamaka Madhyamaka Madhyamaka refers primarily to a Mahāyāna Buddhist school of Buddhist philosophy systematized by Nāgārjuna. Nāgārjuna may have arrived at his positions from a desire to achieve a consistent exegesis of the Buddha's doctrine as recorded in the āgamas... texts
Gampopa Gampopa Gampopa Sonam Rinchen "Sonam Rinchen from Gampo" — who was equally well known in Tibet as Dagpo Lhaje , Nyamed Dakpo Rinpoche , and Da'od Zhonnu , — establishedthe Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism today, as an...	1079–1153	sgam po pa	Sönam Rinchen, Dagpo Lhaje, Nyamed Dakpo Rinpoche, Da'od Zhonnu	Founder of Kagyu Kagyu The Kagyu, Kagyupa, or Kagyud school, also known as the "Oral Lineage" or Whispered Transmission school, is today regarded as one of six main schools of Himalayan or Tibetan Buddhism, the other five being the Nyingma, Sakya, Jonang, Bon and Gelug...
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo Sachen Kunga Nyingpo Sachen Kunga Nyingpo was a Tibetan spiritual leader and the first of the Five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet. Sachen Kunga Nyinpo was the 3rd Sakya Trizin and son of Khon Konchok Gyalpo who was the first Sakya Trizin and founder of the first Sakya Monastery in Tibet in 1073.Sachen...	1092–1158	sa chen kun dga’ snying po	3rd Sakya Trizin	Systematised teachings of the Sakya tradition

12th century

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Ngoje Repa	12th century	ngo rje ras pa	-	Important philosopher of the Drikung Kagyu Drikung Kagyu Drikung Kagyu or Drigung Kagyu is one of the eight "minor" lineages of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. "Major" here refers to those Kagyu lineages founded by the immediate disciples of Gampopa while "minor" refers to all the lineages founded by disciples of Phakmo Drupa , one of the three...
Chekawa Yeshe Dorje	1102–1176	'chad ka ba ye shes rdo rje	Geshe Chekhawa	Wrote the Seven Points of Spiritual Training
Phagmo Drupa	1110–1170	phag mo gru pa	Dorje Gyalpo	-
Nyang Ral Nyima Özer	1124–1192	nyang ral nyi ma 'od zer	Tertön	-
Yuthog Yonten Gonpo (the Younger)	1126–1202	g.yu thog yon tan mgon po	-	Contributions to Tibetan medicine
Sonam Tsemo Sonam Tsemo Sonam Tsemo , an important Tibetan sprititual leader and Buddhist scholar, was the second of the so-called Five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet, the founding fathers of the Sakya-tradition.- Life :...	1142–1182	bsod nams rtse mo	4th Sakya Trizin	-
Jigten Sumgon	1143–1217	'jig rten gsum mgon	Drikungpa	-
Drakpa Gyaltsen Drakpa Gyaltsen Drakya Gyaltsen was a Tibetan spiritual leader and the third of the Five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet. He was also the guru of the famous Sakya Pandita....	1147–1216	grags pa rgyal mtshan	5th Sakya Trizin	Commentator on Asvaghosa Asvaghosa ' was an Indian philosopher-poet, born in Saketa in northern India to a Brahmin family. He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist, and is considered the greatest Indian poet prior to Kālidāsa. He was the most famous in a group of Buddhist court writers, whose epics rivaled the... 's Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen	1182–1251	sa skya pandi ta kun dga’ rgyal mtshan	6th Sakya Trizin	-

13th century

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Karma Pakshi Karma Pakshi Karma Pakshi was the 2nd Gyalwa Karmapa. He was a child prodigy who had already acquired a broad understanding of Dharma philosophy and meditation by the age of ten. His teacher, Pomdrakpa, had received the full Kagyu transmission from Drogon Rechen, the first Karmapa's spiritual heir...	1204–1283	karma pak shi	2nd Karmapa Karmapa The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school of the Kagyupa , itself one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism....	Wrote over 100 texts on Buddhism, preserved at Tsurphu Monastery Tsurphu Monastery Tsurphu Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery which served as the traditional seat of the Karmapa. It is located in Gurum town of Doilungdêqên County in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, 70 km from Lhasa. The monastery is about 14,000 feet above sea level...
Guru Chöwang	1212–1270	gu ru chos dbang	Tertön	-
Drogön Chögyal Phagpa Drogön Chögyal Phagpa Zhogön Qögyä Pagba, Zhogoin Qoigyai Phagspa or Drogön Chögyal Phagpa , born Lochö Gyäcän or Lochoi Gyaicain , was the fifth leader of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. He became the first vice-king of Tibet and played an important political role... Lodrö Gyaltsen	1235–1279/80	chos rgyal 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan	7th Sakya Trizin	Devised the 'Phags-pa script
Rangjung Dorje Rangjung Dorje Rangjung Dorje was the third Karmapa, an important figure in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. He reportedly produced a spontaneous black crown at the age of three and declared himself to be the mindstream reimbodiment of Karma Pakshi...	1284–1339	rang byung rdo rje	3rd Karmapa	-
Buton Rinchen Drub	1290–1364	bu ston rin chen grub	11th Abbot of Shalu Monastery Shalu Monastery Shalu Monastery or Ṣalu Monastery is small monastery 22 km south of Shigatse in Tibet. Founded in 1040 by Chetsun Sherab Jungnay, for centuries it was renowned as a centre of scholarly learning and psychic training and its mural paintings were considered to be the most ancient and beautiful...	Catalogued thousands of religious and philosophical works
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen , known simply as Dolpopa, the Tibetan Buddhist master known as "The Buddha from Dolpo," is often seen as the founder of the Jonangpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism...	1292–1361	dol po pa shes rab rgyal mtshan	-	See also Jonang Jonang The Jonang is one of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Its origins in Tibet can be traced to early 12th century master Yumo Mikyo Dorje, but became much wider known with the help of Dolpopa Sherab Gyeltsen, a monk originally trained in the Sakya school... , Kalacakra

14th century

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Karma Lingpa Karma Lingpa Karma Lingpa , a great tertön, is embraced as a reincarnation of Chokro Luyi Gyaltsen , a great master, and accepted as the revealer of the so-called Tibetan Book of the Dead. Karma Lingpa took body in southeast Tibet as the eldest son of Nyida Sangye , the great Tantric practitioner...	14th century	karma gling pa	Tertön	-
Longchen Rabjam	1308–1364	klong chen rab 'byams	Longchenpa, Tertön	Wrote several texts on Dzogchen Dzogchen According to Tibetan Buddhism and Bön, Dzogchen is the natural, primordial state or natural condition of the mind, and a body of teachings and meditation practices aimed at realizing that condition. Dzogchen, or "Great Perfection", is a central teaching of the Nyingma school also practiced by... and Buddhist philosophy
Tshalpa Kunga Dorje	1309–1364	tshal pa kun dga' rdo rje	-	Author of the Red Annals
Orgyen Lingpa Orgyen Lingpa Orgyen Lingpa , was one of the greatest Tibetan tertöns or treasure-finders of the 14th century."He discovered texts, images, ritual objects and jewels, chiefly at Shetak, Yugang Drak, and Drachi Drakpoche. Of the 100 texts that were revealed by him, the Katang Denga are the most important to have...	b. 1323	o rgyan gling pa	Tertön	-
Rigzin Gödem	1337–1409	rig 'dzin rgod ldem	-	discovered the terma Terma (religion) Terma are key Tibetan Buddhist and Bön teachings, which the tradition holds were originally esoterically hidden by various adepts such as Padmasambhava and his consorts in the 8th century for future discovery at auspicious times by other adepts, known as tertöns. As such, they represent a... texts called the Northern Treasures
Rolpe Dorje Rolpe Dorje Rolpe Dorje was the fourth Gyalwa Karmapa. According to legend the fourth Karmapa's mother, while pregnant, could hear the sound of the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum while the child was in her womb and the baby said the mantra as soon as he was born...	1340–1383	rol pa'i rdo rje	4th Karmapa	Wrote many dohas
Sangye Lingpa	1340–1396	sangs rgyas gling pa	Tertön	First of the Eight Lingpas Eight Lingpas The Eight Great Lingpas were eight important tertons or revealers of hidden religious treasures in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.They are listed as:Rinchen Lingpa Sangye Lingpa *Dorje Lingpa...
Dorje Lingpa	1346–1405	rdo rje gling pa	Bönzhig Yungdrung Lingpa (Bön), Tertön	-
Rendawa Shonnu Lodrö	1349–1412	red mda' ba gzhon nu blo gros	-	-
Tsongkhapa	1357–1419	tsong kha pa	1st Ganden Tripa Ganden Tripa The Ganden Tripa or Gaden Tripa is the title of the spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, the school which controlled central Tibet from the mid-17th century until 1950s. He is identical with the respective abbot of Ganden Monastery...	Reformer of Tibetan Buddhism, founder of the New Kadampa New Kadampa The term New Kadampa is a synonym for the 14th century Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism, as founded by Je Tsongkhapa . Being a great admirer of the Kadampa teachings, Tsongkhapa was an enthusiastic promoter of the 11th century Kadampa school's emphasis on the graded path to enlightenment and... , Gelug Gelug The Gelug or Gelug-pa , also known as the Yellow Hat sect, is a school of Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa , a philosopher and Tibetan religious leader...
Gyaltsab Je Gyaltsab Je Gyaltsab Je or more elaborately, Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen was born in the Tsang province of central Tibet. He was a famous student of Je Tsongkhapa, and actually became the first Ganden Tripa of the Gelug tradition after Je Tsongkhapa's death.Gyaltsab Je was a prolific writer; one of his most...	1364–1432	rgyal tshab rje	Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen, 2nd Ganden Tripa	Wrote a well-known commentary on Shantideva Shantideva Shantideva was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar at Nalanda University and an adherent of the Madhyamaka philosophy of Nagarjuna.... 's Bodhicaryavatara
Panchen Chogley Namgyal	1376–1451	pan chen phyogs las rnam rgyal	-	Famous scholar of the Bodong Bodong Bodong refers to the peace pact or peace council used in the province of Kalinga in the northern part of the Philippines. These peace rites are usually accompanied by Kalinga songs such as the ading, wasani and the dandanag... tradition
Khedrup Je	1385–1438	mkhas grub rje	3rd Ganden Tripa, 1st Panchen Lama Panchen Lama The Panchen Lama , or Bainqên Erdê'ni , is the highest ranking Lama after the Dalai Lama in the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism...	-
Gendun Drub	1391–1474	dge 'dun grub pa	1st Dalai Lama Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...	Among other works, Training the Mind in the Great Way
Go Lotsawa Shonnu Pal	1392–1481	'gos lo tsa ba gzhon nu dpal	-	Author of the Blue Annals Blue Annals The Blue Annals completed in 1476, authored by Gö Lotsāwa Zhönnu Pel , is a Tibetan historical survey with a marked 'ecumenical' view, focusing upon the dissemination of various sectarian spiritual traditions throughout Tibet.An English translation by George de Roerich with help from Gendun...

15th century

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Pengar Jampal Sangpo	15th century	ban sgar ba 'jam dpal bzang po	-	Author of a famous Mahamudra Mahamudra Mahāmudrā literally means "great seal" or "great symbol." It "is a multivalent term of great importance in later Indian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism" which "also occurs occasionally in Hindu and East Asian Buddhist esotericism."The name refers to the way one who... invocation
Ratna Lingpa	1403–1478	rat na gling pa	Tertön	-
Khedrup Norsang Gyatso	1423–1513	mkhas grub nor bzang rgya mtsho	-	-
Gorampa Gorampa Gorampa Sonam Senge was an important philosopher in the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the author of a vast collection of commentaries on sutra and tantra whose work was influential throughout Tibetan Buddhism. He instituted the formal study of logic in the Sakya tradition and... Sönam Senge	1429–1489	go rams pa bsod nams seng ge	-	-
Pema Lingpa Pema Lingpa Pema Lingpa or Padma Lingpa was a famous saint and siddha of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a preeminent terton , and is considered to be foremost of the Five Terton Kings...	1450–1521	padma gling pa	Tertön	-
Tsang Nyon Heruka	1452–1507	gtsang smyon he ru ka	-	Wrote a biography of Marpa and Milarepa
Chödrak Gyatso Chödrak Gyatso Chödrak Gyatso , also Chödrag Gyamtso, was the seventh Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism.Chödrak Gyatso was born in Chida in the north of Tibet...	1454–1506	chos grags rgya mtsho	7th Karmapa	Commentary on Abhisamayalamkara (Mahayana sutras), and The Ocean of Reasoning, a commentary on Pramana Pramana Pramana is an epistemological term in Hindu and Buddhist dialectic, debate and discourse.Pramāṇavāda and Hetuvidya can be glossed in English as Indian and Buddhist Epistemology and Logic, respectively.-In Hinduism:... literature
Sera Sera Sera may refer to:- Music :* Sera, a Symphonic rock/electronica singer/composer/producer* Sera, the well known bass player in Greece- Places :* Sera, Hiroshima, a town in Japan* Sera District, Hiroshima, a district located in Hiroshima, Japan... Jetsun Chökyi Gyaltsen	1469–1544	se ra rje btsun chos kyi rgyal mtshan	-	Wrote textbooks used in Ganden
Gendun Gyatso	1475–1542	dge 'dun rgya mtsho	2nd Dalai Lama	Mystical verse and visions
Panchen Sönam Drakpa	1478–1554	pan chen bsod nams grags pa	15th Ganden Tripa	Author of the New Red Annals (deb ther dmar po gsar ma)
Ngari Panchen	1487–1542	mnga' ris pan chen	-	-
Gotsang Repa	1494–1570	rgod tshang ras pa	-	-
Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrup Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrup Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrub was a buddhist monk, abbot, teacher and writer.He entered monastic life at the age of 13, when he began his Buddhist studies. He received the Sakya Lamdre teachings by his main teachers as well as other Sutra and tantra teachings...	1497–1557	ngor chen dkon mchog lhun grub	10th Abbot of Ngor Ngor Ngor or Ngor Êwam Qoidain is the name of a monastery in the Ü-Tsang province of Central Tibet, about one and half hours drive from Shigatse, and is the Sakya school's second most important goinba... Monastery	Author of Three Visions (foundational work of Sakya Sakya The Sakya school is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the others being the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug... )

16th century

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Tsuglag Trengwa	1504–1566	gtsug lag 'phreng ba	2nd Nenang Pawo Nenang Pawo Nenang Pawo Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist lama, considered to be one of the highest lamas of the Karma Kagyu sect. The Pawos form a lineage of reincarnate lamas, tulkus, of which the first was born in 1440. They were traditionally the heads of Nenang Monastery in Central Tibet.The 10th Pawo...	Historian
Mikyö Dorje Mikyö Dorje Mikyö Dorje , also Mikyo Dorje, was the eighth Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism.Mikyö Dorje was born in Satam, Kham. According to the legend, he said after being born: "I am Karmapa." and was recognized by Tai Situpa. In this case there was another child from Amdo who...	1507–1554	mi bskyod rdo rje	8th Karmapa	Many works on Sutrayana, instructions on tantra Tantra Tantra , anglicised tantricism or tantrism or tantram, is the name scholars give to an inter-religious spiritual movement that arose in medieval India, expressed in scriptures ....
Pema Karpo Pema Karpo Kunkhyen Pema Karpo was the fourth Gyalwang Drukpa, head of the Drukpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the most famous and learned of all the Gyalwang Drukpas...	1527–1592	padma dkar po	-	Master of the Drukpa Kagyü
Sonam Gyatso	1543–1588	bsod nams rgya mtsho	3rd Dalai Lama	Stages of the Path: Refined Gold, Lamrim Lamrim Lamrim is a Tibetan Buddhist textual form for presenting the stages in the complete path to enlightenment as taught by Buddha. In Tibetan Buddhist history there have been many different versions of lamrim, presented by different teachers of the Nyingma, Kagyu and Gelug schools...
Wangchuk Dorje Wangchuk Dorje Wangchuk Dorje was the ninth Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism.Wangchuk Dorje was born in Treshod, Kham...	1556–1603	dbang phyug rdo rje	9th Karmapa	Wrote three Mahamudra texts
Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen	1570–1662	blo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan	4th Panchen Lama	Wrote a famous lamrim Lamrim Lamrim is a Tibetan Buddhist textual form for presenting the stages in the complete path to enlightenment as taught by Buddha. In Tibetan Buddhist history there have been many different versions of lamrim, presented by different teachers of the Nyingma, Kagyu and Gelug schools...
Taranatha Taranatha Tāranātha was a Lama of the Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is widely considered its most remarkable scholar and exponent....	1575–1634	tA ra nA tha	Jonang	Historian of Indian Buddhism and author of Five Teachings of Maitreya Maitreya Maitreya , Metteyya , or Jampa , is foretold as a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he or she is referred to as Ajita Bodhisattva.Maitreya is a bodhisattva who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on...

17th century

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Tsele Natsok Rangdröl Tsele Natsok Rangdröl Tsele Natsok Rangdröl was an important master of the Kagyü and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He is also known as Tsele Gotsangpa.-References:...	1608–?	rtse le sna tshogs rang grol	Tsele Gotsangpa	-
Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso	1617–1682	ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho	5th Dalai Lama	Twenty-five Sealed Teachings
Terdak Lingpa	1646–1714	gter bdag gling pa	Gyurme Dorje	-
Sangye Phuntsog	1649–1705	sangs rgyas phun tshogs	25th Abbot of Ngor Ngor Ngor or Ngor Êwam Qoidain is the name of a monastery in the Ü-Tsang province of Central Tibet, about one and half hours drive from Shigatse, and is the Sakya school's second most important goinba... Monastery	-
Sangye Gyatso	1653–1705	sangs rgyas rgya mtsho	Desi Desi Desi or Deshi refers to the people, cultures, and products of the Indian subcontinent and, increasingly, to the people, cultures, and products of their diaspora. Desi countries include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh...	Wrote Vaidurya-Karpo and Vaidurya sNgon-po
Lochen Dharmashri	1654–1717	lo chen dharma shrI	Minling	-
Samten Lingpa	b. 1655	bsam gtan gling pa	Taksham Nüden Dorje	-
Tsangyang Gyatso	1682–1706	tshangs dbyangs rgya mtsho	6th Dalai Lama	Many great poems with often worldly subjects are ascribed to him
Dokhar Tsering Wangyal	1697–1763	mdo mkhar ba tshe ring dbang rgyal	-	Author of the story gzhon nu zla med kyi gtam rgyud
Rigzin Tsewang Norbu	1698–1755	rig 'dzin tshe dbang nor bu	Kathok	-

18th century

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Chokyi Jungne	1700–1774	chos kyi 'byung gnas	8th Tai Situpa Tai Situpa In Tibetan Buddhism the Tai Situpa is one of the oldest lineages of tulkus in the Kagyu school. According to tradition, the Tai Situpa is an emanation of the bodhisattva Maitreya, who will become the next Buddha, and who has been incarnated as numerous Indian and Tibetan yogins since the time of...	Grammarian
Kelsang Gyatso	1708–1757	skal bzang rgya mtsho	7th Dalai Lama	Explication of the Mandala Mandala Maṇḍala is a Sanskrit word that means "circle". In the Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions their sacred art often takes a mandala form. The basic form of most Hindu and Buddhist mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point... rituals of Vajra Vajra Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond... Akshobhya Akshobhya In Vajrayana Buddhism, Akṣobhya is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, a product of the Adibuddha, who represents consciousness as an aspect of reality... Guhyasamaja
Jigme Lingpa Jigme Lingpa Jigme Lingpa was one of the most important tertöns of Tibet. He was the promulgator of the Longchen Nyingthik, the Heart Essence teachings of Longchenpa, from whom, according to tradition, he received a vision in which the teachings were revealed...	1729–1798	'jigs med gling pa	Rigzin, Tertön	-
Jamphel Gyatso	1758–1804	'jam dpal rgya mtsho	8th Dalai Lama	-
Getse Mahapandita Getse Mahapandita Getse Mahapandita was an important Nyingma scholar affiliated with Kathok Monastery. Getse Mahapandita was instrumental in arranging the block printing of the 'Collection of Nyingma Tantras' gathered by Jigme Lingpa, and for which Getse Mahapandita wrote the catalogue...	1761–1829	dge rtse pan chen	Tsewang Chokdrub	-
Palden Tenpai Nyima Palden Tenpai Nyima Palden Tenpai Nyima was the Seventh Panchen Lama of Tibet.Lobsang Palden Yeshe, the previous Panchen Lama, died from smallpox in Beijing in 1780...	1782–1853	bstan pa'i nyi ma	7th Panchen Lama	Author of Rinjung Lhantab

19th century

Name	\| Dates	Wylie transliteration	Other names	Notes
Jigme Chökyi Wangpo	1808–1887	'jigs med chos kyi dbang po	Patrul Rinpoche Patrul Rinpoche Patrul Rinpoche was a prominent teacher and author of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.-Biography:...	-
Nuden Dorje	1809–1872	nus ldan rdo rje	Drophan Lingpa	Tertön of the Northern Treasures
Jamgon Kongtrul Jamgon Kongtrul Jamgön Kongtrül is a name of a prominent line of Tibetan Buddhist teachers , primarily identified with the first Jamgon Kongtrul, but also the name shared by members of a lineage held by tradition to be his subsequent reincarnations , to date.... Lodrö Thaye	1813–1899	'jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas	Padma Tennyi Yungdrung Lingpa	Treasury of Rediscovered Teachings
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo , also known as Pema Ösal Do-ngak Lingpa, was a renowned teacher, scholar and tertön of 19th century Tibet. He was a leading figure in the nonsectarian Rime movement.-Biography:...	1820–1892	'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse’i dbang po	-	-
Chokgyur Lingpa	1829–1870	mchog gyur gling pa	Tertön	-
Dudjom Lingpa Dudjom Lingpa Dudjom Lingpa was a great 'meditation' master, visionary and terton of the Nyingma tradition of 'Mantrayana' and a Dzogchen master of the modern era of principal importance, particularly in the area of 'refining perception' or Nang Jang...	1835–1904	bdud 'joms gling pa	Tertön	-
Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso	1846–1912	mi pham 'jam dbyangs rnam rgyal	Mipham Rinpoche	-
Jamyang Loter Wangpo	1847–1914	'jam dbyangs blo gter dbang po	-	-
Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen was a great Dzogchen master of the Tibetan Bon tradition who not only took Bon disciples but gathered disciples from all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism...	1859–1935	shar rdza bkra shis rgyal mtshan	-	See also Bön
Jikme Tenpe Nyima	1865–1926	'jigs med bstan pa'i nyi ma	3rd Dodrubchen Rinpoche	-
Thubten Gyatso	1876–1933	thub bstan rgya mtsho	13th Dalai Lama	-
Pabongkha Dechen Nyingpo Pabongka Rinpoche Pabongka Rinpoche , Jampa Tenzin Trinlay Gyatso, was one of the great Gelug lamas of the modern era of Tibetan Buddhism. He attained his Geshe degree at Sera Monastic University, Lhasa, and became a highly influential teacher in Tibet, unusual for teaching a great number of lay people...	1878–1941	pha bong kha pa bde chen snying po	-	-
Ngawang Palsang	1879–1941	ngag dbang dpal bzang	-	-
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö	1893–1959	'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse chos kyi blo gros	-	Rime movement Rime movement Rimé is a Tibetan word which means "no sides", "non-partisan" or "non-sectarian". In a religious context, the word ri-mé is usually used to refer to the "Eclectic Movement" between the Buddhist Nyingma, Sakya, and Kagyu traditions, along with the non-Buddhist Bön religion, wherein practitioners...

20th century

Name	\| Dates	Wylie transliteration	Other names	Notes
Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso	1901–1981	blo bzang ye shes bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho	3rd Trijang Rinpoche Trijang Rinpoche Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche was a Gelug Lama and a direct disciple of Je Pabongka. He was the junior tutor and spiritual guide of the 14th Dalai Lama for forty years. He is also the root lama of many Gelug Lamas who teach in the West including Zong Rinpoche, Geshe Rabten, Lama Yeshe, Lama Gangchen...	Wrote on Gyallu Gyallu The current Tibetan National Anthem, known as Gyallu was written by Trijang Rinpoche and came into use around 1950. The first national anthem of Tibet was created in the 18th century by Pholanas....
Thubten Lungtog Tenzin Trinle	1903–1983	thub bstan lung rtogs bstan 'dzin 'phrin las	97th Ganden Tripa, 6th Ling Rinpoche	Writer on Vajrabhairava
Gendün Chöpel	1903 or 1905–1951	dge 'dun chos 'phel	-	Author of the White Annals and The Tibetan Art of Love
Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje	1904–1987	'jigs bral ye shes rdo rje	2nd Dudjom Rinpoche Dudjom Rinpoche Dudjom Rinpoche is the title of a prominent line of tulkus of the Nyingmapa order of Tibetan Buddhism. Dudjom Rinpoche was born in 1904 on the tenth day of the sixth month in the year of the wood dragon in Southern Tibet in a region called the "hidden land" of Pema Ko. He died on January 17, 1987... , 1st leader of the Nyingma Nyingma The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism . "Nyingma" literally means "ancient," and is often referred to as Nga'gyur or the "old school" because it is founded on the first translations of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Tibetan, in the eighth century...	See also Terma Terma (religion) Terma are key Tibetan Buddhist and Bön teachings, which the tradition holds were originally esoterically hidden by various adepts such as Padmasambhava and his consorts in the 8th century for future discovery at auspicious times by other adepts, known as tertöns. As such, they represent a...
Karma Rangjung Kunchap	1905–1989	kar ma ran byung kun khyab	Kalu Rinpoche Kalu Rinpoche Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar and teacher. He was one of the first Tibetan masters to teach in the West.-Early life and teachers:...	Shangpa Kagyu Shangpa Kagyu The Shangpa Kagyu is known as the "secret" lineage and differs in origin from the better known Dagpo Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Dagpo Kagyud come from the lineage of Tilopa whereas the Shangpa lineage descends from Naropa's consort Niguma as well as Sukhasiddhi...
Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa was a Tibetan nobleman, scholar and former minister. Tsepon was his title as Finance Minister- Biography :...	1908–1989	-	Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa	Historian
Dilgo Khyentse Dilgo Khyentse Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was a Vajrayana master, scholar, poet, teacher, and head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism from 1987 to 1991.-Biography:...	1910–1991	dil mgo mkhyen brtse	From 1987 to 1991, led the Nyingma School	-
Dorje Yudon Yuthok	b. 1912	-	-	-
Chatral Sangye Dorje	b. 1913	bya bral sangs rgyas rdo rje	Chatral Rinpoche Chatral Rinpoche Chatral Rinpoche, Sangye Dorje is a Dzogchen master in his mid-90s. He is a reclusive yogi known for his great realization and strict discipline. Rinpoche is one of the few living disciples of Khenpo Ngagchung and is widely regarded as one of the most highly realized Dzogchen yogis...	-
Gendün Rinpoche	1917–1997	dge 'dun rin po che	-	-
Geshe Rabten	1920–1986	dge bshes rab brtan	-	Author on Buddhism
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche . A contemporary Buddhist master of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages, who lived at Nagi Gompa hermitage in Nepal, Urgyen Rinpoche was considered one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of our time.-Life:...	1920–1996	sprul sku o rgyan	-	-
Khetsun Sangpo	b. 1920	mkhas btsun bzang po	-	-
Thubten Jigme Norbu	1922–2008	thub bstan 'jigs med nor bu	Taktser Rinpoche	-
Tenzin Choedrak Tenzin Choedrak Dr. Tenzin Choedrak was the Senior Personal Physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama , and was recognized as an esteemed master in the Tibetan medical tradition....	1922–2001	bstan 'dzin chos grags	-	Former doctor of the 14th Dalai Lama
Gyatrul Rinpoche	b. 1924	rgya sprul rin po che	-	Contributions on Bardo Bardo The Tibetan word Bardo means literally "intermediate state" - also translated as "transitional state" or "in-between state" or "liminal state". In Sanskrit the concept has the name antarabhāva...
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche The Venerable Khenpo Karma Tharchin Rinpoche , widely known by his abbreviated name Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, is a highly regarded Lama of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism...	b. 1924	-	Abt des Karma Triyana Dharmachakra	-
Lopön Tenzin Namdak Lopön Tenzin Namdak Lopön Tenzin Namdak is Bön religious leader.-Birth, family & early education:Lopön Tenzin Namdak born in Khyungpo Karu in Xikang province of Republic of China to a family of famous artists. In 1933, at the age of seven he entered Tingchen Monastery in the same district...	b. 1926	bstan 'dzin rnam-dag	Lopön	See also Bön
Lobsang Gyatso (monk) Lobsang Gyatso (monk) Lobsang Gyatso was a Tibetan monk who founded the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in India.- Biography :Lobsang Gyatso was born in Tibet in the area of Kham in 1928. He became monk at the age of 11 and studied at Drepung monastery...	1928–1997	blo bzang rgya mtsho	Geshe	Founder of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics Dharmshala, murdered in 1997
Khensur Jampa Tegchok	b. 1930	mkhan zur byams pa theg mchog	-	-
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche was a teacher of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism. He was known and respected in the West for his teachings, his melodic chanting voice, his artistry as a sculptor and painter, and his skill as a physician...	1930–2002	-	Rinpoche	-
Kelsang Gyatso Kelsang Gyatso Kelsang Gyatso is a Buddhist monk, "meditation master, scholar, and author" of 22 books based on the teachings of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism...	b. 1931	bskal bzang rgya mtsho	Geshe	Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition New Kadampa Tradition The New Kadampa Tradition ~ International Kadampa Buddhist Union is a global Buddhist organisation founded by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in England in 1991. In 2003 the words "International Kadampa Buddhist Union" were added to the original name "New Kadampa Tradition"...
Thinley Norbu	b. 1931?	phrin las nor bu	Dungsé Thinley Norbu Rinpoche	son of Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje, 2nd Dudjom Rinpoche Dudjom Rinpoche Dudjom Rinpoche is the title of a prominent line of tulkus of the Nyingmapa order of Tibetan Buddhism. Dudjom Rinpoche was born in 1904 on the tenth day of the sixth month in the year of the wood dragon in Southern Tibet in a region called the "hidden land" of Pema Ko. He died on January 17, 1987...
Jampa Gyatso	1932–2007	byams pa rgya mtsho	Geshe	-
Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche	1932–1999	-	Nyoshul Khenpo	-
Thubten Ngawang	1932–2003	thub bstan ngag dbang	Geshe	-
Ani Pachen Ani Pachen Ani Pachen was a Tibetan Buddhist nun who led her clan in armed rebellion against China.-Early life:Pachen Dolma was born around 1933 in Gonjo, Kham, Eastern Tibet. She was the only child of Chieftain elder son Pomda Gonor of the Lemdha clan. Her father had a younger brother, Pomda Yonten...	1933–2002	-	-	Autobiography
9th Thrangu Rinpoche Thrangu Rinpoche Thrangu Rinpoche was born in 1933 in Kham, Tibet. He is a prominent tulku in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, the ninth reincarnation in his particular line. His full name and title is the Very Venerable Ninth Khenchen Thrangu Tulku, Karma Lodrö Lungrik Mahamadarchod Maway Senge...	b. 1933	-	Khenchen	-
Palden Gyatso Palden Gyatso Palden Gyatso is a Tibetan Buddhist monk who was born in Tibet in 1933. During the Chinese invasion of Tibet he was arrested for protesting and spent 33 years in Chinese prisons and labor camps, where he was extensively tortured. After his release in 1992 he fled to Dharamsala, in exile...	b. 1933	dpal ldan rgya mtsho	-	Autobiography
Tarthang Tulku Tarthang Tulku Tarthang Tulku is a Tibetan teacher in the Nyingma tradition who lives in America, where he works to preserve the art and culture of Tibet. He oversees various projects including Dharma Publishing, Yeshe-De, Tibetan Aid Project, and the construction of the Odiyan Copper Mountain Mandala...	b. 1934	-	-	-
11th Tarab Tulku	1934–2004	-	-	-
Tenzin Gyatso	b. 1935	bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho	14th Dalai Lama, Geshe	Wide range of works on Buddhism
Thubten Yeshe Thubten Yeshe Thubten Yeshe was a Tibetan lama who, while exiled in Nepal, co-founded Kopan Monastery and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition...	1935–1984	thub bstan ye shes	-	Founder of the FPMT
Tashi Tsering Tashi Tsering Tashi Tsering is a common Tibetan name. It may refer to:*Tashi Tsering , Tibetan Buddhist teacher, , now residing in Australia and India...	b. 1937	bkra shis tshe ring	Geshe	-
Namkhai Norbu	b. 1938	nam mkha'i nor bu	Chögyal	Writings on Dzogchen Dzogchen According to Tibetan Buddhism and Bön, Dzogchen is the natural, primordial state or natural condition of the mind, and a body of teachings and meditation practices aimed at realizing that condition. Dzogchen, or "Great Perfection", is a central teaching of the Nyingma school also practiced by...
Lobsang Tenzin Lobsang Tenzin Lobsang Tenzin, better known by the titles Professor Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche and to Tibetans as the 5th Samdhong Rinpoche , was the previous Prime Minister , of the Central Tibetan Administration, or Tibetan government-in-exile, which is based in Dharamshala, India; Lobsang...	b. 1939	blo bzang bstan 'dzin	5th Samdhong Rinpoche Samdhong Rinpoche Samdhong Rinpoche is a Tibetan religious title. Rinpoche means "precious one". The current Samdhong Rinpoche is Lobsang Tenzin, who is considered by Tibetan buddhists to be the reincarnation of the 4th Samdhong Rinpoche.... , Kalon Tripa of the 13th Kashag of the Tibetan government-in-exile
Tulku Thondup	b. 1939	sprul sku don grub	-	-
Akong Rinpoche Akong Rinpoche Chöje Akong Rinpoche is a tulku in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and a founder of the Samye Ling Monastery. He was born in 1939, near Riwoq in Kham, Eastern Tibet. At the age of two he was discovered by the search party seeking the reincarnation of the previous Akong, Abbot of Dolma...	b. 1939	-	-	-
Loden Sherab Dagyab Loden Sherab Dagyab Loden Sherab Dagyab RinpocheBorn on 27 July 1940 in Menya, Eastern Tibet, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the 9th Kyabgoen of Dagyab at the age of four....	b. 1940	-	-	-
Bokar Rinpoche	1940–2004	-	-	Contributions on Bardo Bardo The Tibetan word Bardo means literally "intermediate state" - also translated as "transitional state" or "in-between state" or "liminal state". In Sanskrit the concept has the name antarabhāva...
Chögyam Trungpa Chögyam Trungpa Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche was a Buddhist meditation master and holder of both the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages, the eleventh Trungpa tülku, a tertön, supreme abbot of the Surmang monasteries, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and originator of a radical re-presentation of Shambhala vision.Recognized...	1940–1987	chos rgya drung pa	11th Trungpa Tulku from Surmang	-
Khenchen Palden Sherab	1941–2010	mkhan chen dpal ldan shes rab	-	Several Nyingma Nyingma The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism . "Nyingma" literally means "ancient," and is often referred to as Nga'gyur or the "old school" because it is founded on the first translations of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Tibetan, in the eighth century... translations in English
Konchog Gyaltsen	b. 1946	dkon mchog rgyal mtshan	Khenpo	-
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche	b. 1946	-	Lama	Founder of the FPMT
Sogyal Rinpoche Sogyal Rinpoche Sogyal Rinpoche is a Tibetan Dzogchen Lama of the Nyingma tradition. He has been teaching for over 30 years and continues to travel widely in Europe, America, Australia and Asia...	b. 1948	bsod rgyal rin po che	-	Author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche Tulku Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist lama.-Life:Born in 1951, in Nakchukha Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche is the son of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche who is considered one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of our time. When he was only eighteen months of age, Rinpoche was recognized as the seventh...	b. 1951	chos kyi nyi ma	-	Son of Tulku Urgyen, contributions on Bardo Bardo The Tibetan word Bardo means literally "intermediate state" - also translated as "transitional state" or "in-between state" or "liminal state". In Sanskrit the concept has the name antarabhāva...
Mipham Chökyi Lodrö	b. 1952	mi pham chos kyi blo gros	14th Shamarpa Shamarpa Shamarpa of the Red Crown"), also known as Shamar Rinpoche or more formally Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche is a lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and the mind manifestation of Amitabha Buddha, He is traditionally associated with Yangpachen monastery near Lhasa.The first...	-
Ringu Tulku	b. 1952	-	-	Contributions to the Rime movement
Khenpo Namdrol	b. 1953	mkhan po rnam grol	Rinpoche	Commentator on Vajrakilaya
Dhondup Gyal Dhondup Gyal Dhondup Gyal is considered the first modern Tibetan poet breaking through traditional Tibetan formalist elements. He is widely regarded in Tibet as the founder of Modern Tibetan Poetry. An accomplished scholar, writer, poet and patriot, he committed suicide in 1985 when he was only 32....	1953–1985	don grub rgyal	-	A founder of modern Tibetan literature
Ngawang Sangpo	b. 1954	ngag dbang bzang po	-	-
Gangteng Tulku	b. 1955	-	-	Dzogchen
Pasang Yonten	b. 1955	pa sangs yon tan	-	Tibetan medicine
Tashi Tsering (London) Tashi Tsering (London) Tashi Tsering has been the resident Tibetan Buddhist teacher at Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London, since 1994.Tsering was born in Purang, Tibet in 1958, and his parents escaped to India in 1959. He entered Sera Mey Monastic University in South India when he was 13 years old, and graduated with a...	b. 1958	bkra shis tshe ring	Geshe	-
Alai (author) Alai (author) Alai is a Chinese poet and novelist of Rgyalrong Tibetan descendent. He was also editor of Science Fiction World.- Novels :...	b. 1959	-	-	Chinese writer
Tashi Dawa	b. 1959	bkra shis zla ba	-	Author of A Soul Knotted on a Leather Thong
Khyentse Norbu	b. 1961	mkhyen brtse nor bu	Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse	-
Tenzin Wangyal	b. 1961	bstan 'dzin dbang rgyal	-	See also Bön
Sakyong Mipham	b. 1963	-	-	Son of Chögyam Trungpa
Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen	b. 1965	-	7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche is an abbot of Dzogchen Monastery, president of Nalandabodhi, the founder of Nitartha Institute, a leading Tibetan Buddhist scholar, and a meditation master... , Abbot of Dzogchen Monastery Dzogchen Monastery Dzogchen Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in Sichuan province, China, and marks part of the Tibetan cultural region of Kham. It was founded by Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin in 1675, 1684 or 1685...	-
Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso	b. 1966	ngag dbang tshogs gnyis rgya mtsho	3rd Tsoknyi Rinpoche	Son of Tulku Urgyen
Tsering Woeser	b. 1966	-	-	-
Khandro Rinpoche Khandro Rinpoche Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche is a rare example of a female Tibetan Buddhist lama...	b. 1967	mkha' 'gro rin po che	-	Daughter of Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal Mindrolling Trichen The eleventh Mindrolling Trichen , Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal was a lama of the Nyingma-school, the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism and had been responsible for the administrative affairs for the school in exile as the ceremonial head of the lineage...
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa Tsering Wangmo Dhompa Tsering Wangmo Dhompa is the first Tibetan female poet to be published in English. She was raised in India and Nepal. Tsering received her MA from University of Massachusetts Amherst and her MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University...	b. 1969	tshe ring dbang mo sdom pa	-	Female poet
Anyen Rinpoche	b. 1969	-	-	Dzogchen
Tenzin Tsundue Tenzin Tsundue Tenzin Tsundue is a poet, writer and Tibetan activist. He won the first-ever Outlook-Picador Award for Non-Fiction in 2001. He has published three books to date which has been translated into several languages. Tsundue's writings have also appeared in various publications around the world...	b. 1975	-	-	-
Tulku Lama Lobsang	b. 1975	sprul sku bla ma blo bzang	-	-
7th Yongey Mingyur Yongey Mingyur Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He has authored two best-selling books and oversees the , a global network of Buddhist meditation centers....	b. 1975	yongs dge mi 'gyur	Dorje Rinpoche	Youngest son of Tulku Urgyen

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Name	Dates	Wylie transliteration	Other names	Notes
Bhuchung D. Sonam	-	Bhuchung Dumra Sonam	-	-
Gyurme Dorje	-	gyur med rdo rje	-	Director of Trans Himalaya guided tours
Jamyang Norbu Jamyang Norbu Jamyang Norbu is a Tibetan political activist and writer, currently living in the United States, having previously lived for over 40 years as a Tibetan exile in India.-Biography:...	-	'jam dbyangs nor bu	-	-
Langdün Paljor Tsering	-	-	-	-
Lhakpa Phuntsogs	-	-	-	China Tibetology Publishing House
Namgyal Nyima Dagkar	-	-	-	-
Rinjing Dorje	-	-	-	Tales of Uncle Tompa in English
Samten G. Karmay	-	-	Samten Gyaltsen Karmay	International Association of Tibetan Studies
Tsering Döndrub	-	tshe ring don grub	Ancestor, ra lo	Novelist
Tsering Namgyal	-	tshe ring rnam rgyal	-	Writer of Little Lhasa and other different articles in various newspaper
Tsering Shakya Tsering Shakya Tsering Wangdu Shakya is a historian and widely cited expert on Tibetan literature and modern Tibet and its relationship with China...	-	tshe ring sha kya	Tsering Wangdu Shakya	Historian
Yangdon Dhondup	-	-	-	Gendün Chöpel

Foreign writers with Tibetan names

Name	Dates	Wylie transliteration	Original name	Notes
Erik Pema Kunsang Erik Pema Kunsang Erik Pema Kunsang is a Danish translator and was, along with Marcia Binder Schmidt, director of Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications in Kathmandu. He has translated over fifty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings...	-	Erik pad ma kun bzang	Erik Hein Schmidt	Translator and author, founder of Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo is an enthroned tulku within the Palyul lineage of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In the late 1980s, she gained international attention as the first Western woman to be named a reincarnate lama...	b. 1939	-	Alyce Zeoli	Enthroned 1988, Palyul Palyul Palyul is one of the six mother monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Founded in 1665 by Rigdzen Kunzang Sherab, the monastery is the seat of the Nam Cho Terma of Terton Migyur Dorje. His Holiness Penor Rinpoche was the 11th throne holder of the Palyul lineage...
Lama Chökyi Nyima	-	bla ma chos kyi nyi ma	Richard Barron Richard Barron Richard Barron is a Canadian-born translator who specializes in the writings of Longchenpa. He has served as an interpreter for many lamas from all from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, including his first teacher, Kalu Rinpoche...	-
Pema Chödrön Pema Chödrön Pema Chödrön is a notable American figure in Tibetan Buddhism. A disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, she is an ordained nun, author, and teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage which Trungpa founded....	b. 1936	pad ma chos sgron	Deirdre Blomfield-Brown	-
Geshe Ngawang Wangyal	1901–1983	ngag dbang dbang rgyal	-	-
Rigdzin Dorje Gonpo, Vajranatha	-	rig 'dzin rdo rje mgon po	John Myrdhin Reynolds John Myrdhin Reynolds John Myrdhin Reynolds, whose initiated name is Vajranatha was born in 1942 and is a scholar, linguist, author, translator, mystic and initiated ngagpa of the Nyingmapa....	-
Thubten Chodron Thubten Chodron Thubten Chodron is an American Tibetan Buddhist nun and a central figure in reinstating the Bhikshuni ordination of women. She is a student of H. H...	b. 1950	thub bstan chos sgron	Cherry Greene	-
Tsultrim Allione Tsultrim Allione Lama Tsultrim Allione is an author and teacher who has studied in the Tibetan Buddhist lineage. She was born in 1947 in Maine, in the United States, and given the name Joan Rousmanière Ewing. She first travelled to India and Nepal in 1967, returned in 1969 and in 1970 she became one of the first...	b. 1947	tshul khrims Allione	-	-

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