# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chogyam-trungpa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:57:38.764Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/chogyam-trungpa"
name: "Chögyam Trungpa"
slug: "chogyam-trungpa"
description: "Chögyam Trungpa, formally named the 11th Zurmang Trungpa, Chokyi Gyatso, was a Tibetan Buddhist master and holder of both Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He was recognized by both Tibetan Buddhists and other spiritual practitioners and scholars as a preeminent teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a major figure in the dissemination of Buddhism in the West, founding Vajradhatu and Naropa University and establishing the Shambhala Training method. The 11th of the Trungpa tülkus, he was a tertön, supreme abbot of the Surmang monasteries, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and originator of Shambhala Buddhist tradition."
tagline: "Tibetan Buddhist lama and writer (1939-1987)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1939-03-05"
deathDate: "1987-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump