Longchenpa
1308 CE–1364 CE · Yoru (Yarlung region)
1308–1364 CE
Longchenpa (1308–1364 CE) was the great systematizer of the Nyingma school's Dzogchen ('Great Perfection') teachings and one of the most important authors in Tibetan religious literature. Trained across the traditions of his day, he organized the Dzogchen transmissions into a coherent body of thought and practice in works such as the 'Seven Treasuries.' He is a securely historical and richly documented figure.
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Yoru (Yarlung region)
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Birthplace of Longchenpa.
About Yoru (Yarlung region)
Yoru is an old district of south-central Tibet, in the area of the Dra valley near Yarlung. The Nyingma master Longchen Rabjam (Longchenpa), the great fourteenth-century systematiser of the Dzogchen teachings, was born there in 1308.
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