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Gampopa
or sGam-po-pa (also known as Nyame Dagpo Lharje
;
or sGam-po-pa (also known as Nyame Dagpo Lharje
;
1079–1153).
Tibetan monk and teacher, who drew on the Kagyüpa and Kadampa schools in establishing Dagpo Kagyu, and in the
lamrim
work,
The Jewel Ornament of Liberation
. He held that the buddha-nature (
tath
gatha
,
buddhat
,
bussho
), or at least the capacity to become a
buddha
is present in every sentient being, but that the human appearance forms the best base for this advance.
Tibetan monk and teacher, who drew on the Kagyüpa and Kadampa schools in establishing Dagpo Kagyu, and in the
lamrim
work,
The Jewel Ornament of Liberation
. He held that the buddha-nature (
tath
gatha,
buddhat
,bussho
), or at least the capacity to become a
buddha
is present in every sentient being, but that the human appearance forms the best base for this advance.
Ga
adharas
adharas(Skt., ‘leaders of the assembly’). In Jainism, the chief disciples of a
t
rtha
kara
who continued the teaching and organized the community after his death.
t
rthakarawho continued the teaching and organized the community after his death.
Ganapati
(Hindu God)
:
(Hindu God)
:
É
AG
apatya
(Hindu sect)
:
apatya(Hindu sect)
:
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