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*notes in colophon to his tshad ma rnam nges commentary that he wrote this in 1993, his 73rd year, which would mean that he must have been born in 1921
*the english introduction notes that he was born in 1923
*obituary in the khyentse foundation bulletin gives dates as 1921-2008
*Passed away on May 25, 2008
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Alternative dates are 1136-1204 +
The dates for Nāropa here are from BDRC, https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P3085. However, other sources suggest earlier dates, with a date of birth of 956(?) and a date of death of 1040. Regarding the date of birth, see Newman, John. "The Epoch of the Kālacakra Tantra." Indo-Iranian Journal 41 (1998): 319-349.: 347, note 10.[1]. Regarding the date of death, see Wylie, T. "Dating the Death of Naropa." L. Hercus et al., eds. Indological and Buddhist Studies. Volume in Honour of Professor J.W. de Jong on his Sixtieth Birthday. Canberra, 1982. +
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Year of his death is based on the notion that he died in his 60th year. +
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BDRC dates this figure (naming him Parahitaprabha) in the 14th Century, though this is clearly mistaken based on what we know of his teachers and students. +
Alternative death dates are 1912 and 1919. +
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Dates from The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, 2014. +
The dates 1042–1136 derive from BDRC. Alternative dates of 1012–1088 are given in ''The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism'' (2014). +
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Dates from The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, 2014. +
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There are no specific dates for this figure, though the estimate of his death is based on a statement in the biography of Thogs med bzang po that he passed away shortly after they met in 1345. +
Dates are uncertain, but are roughly based on a mention of this figure in the colophon of a treasure of Nyag bla pad+ma bdud 'dul as well as in his biography in which is referred to as Rdzogs chen mkhan po shes rab mthar phyin. He is also seemingly mentioned in Kong sprul's commentary on the Lam rim ye shes snying po in which he is referred to as Byang sems dge ba'i bshes gnyen tshwa nyag bla ma shes rab. +
* The birth year of 1884 is given in Tulku Thondup’s Masters of Meditation and Miracles. According to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20060603235457/http://www.khordong.de:80/Engl/Rinpoche/Khordong/khordong.html Khordong website] he died at the age of seventy-three. We know that he wrote the secret biography of Tertön Sogyal in 1942.
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(1100–1200) +
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BDRC has his birth in the early 11th century and his death in the late 11th century. Treasury of Lives has him in the eighth century. +