Milarepa

Milarepa

male, deceased (1135)
Jetsun Milarepa, (c. 1052-c. 1135 CE) is generally considered one of Tibet's most famous yogis and poets, a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major...
Ole Nydahl

Ole Nydahl

male, 68 years old
Lama Ole Nydahl (b. 19 March 1941 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Buddhist teacher and a Lama of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Since the...
Naropa

Naropa

male, deceased (1100)
Naropa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: "Nadaprada", 1016-1100) was an Indian Buddhist mystic and monk, the pupil of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say...
Gampopa

Gampopa

male, deceased (1153)
Gampopa (1079-1153), also known as Dagpo Lhaje ("physician from Dagpo") and Dakpo Rinpoche ("Precious Master from Dagpo"), founded the Kagyu...
Tilopa

Tilopa

male, deceased (1069)
Tilopa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Talika, 988 - 1069) was born in either Chativavo (Chittagong), Bengal or Jagora, Bengal. He was a tantric practitioner...
Thrangu Rinpoche

Thrangu Rinpoche

male, 76 years old
Thrangu Rinpoche was born in 1933 in Kham, Tibet. He is a prominent tulku (reincarnate lama) in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, the ninth...
Chögyam Trungpa

Chögyam Trungpa

male, deceased (1987)
Chögyam Trungpa was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and a Trungpa tülku. Widely recognized, both by Tibetan Bu...
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

male
The Seventh Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is president of Nalandabodhi, a leading Tibetan Buddhist scholar, and a meditation master. He is also one of...
Trinley Thaye Dorje

Trinley Thaye Dorje

male, 26 years old
Trinley Thaye Dorje (born 6 May, 1983, Lhasa, Tibet) is recognized by many followers as the 17th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of...
Karma Pakshi

Karma Pakshi

male, deceased (1283)
Karma Pakshi (1203 - 1283) was the 2nd Gyalwa Karmapa. He was a child prodigy who had already acquired a broad understanding of Dharma philosophy...