Mipham Rinpoche
E1045001
Buddhist monk
Nyingma master
Tibetan Buddhist scholar
Tibetan writer
commentator on Buddhist scriptures
philosopher
polymath
Mipham Rinpoche was a prominent 19th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and polymath renowned for his influential writings and commentaries within the Nyingma tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mipham Rinpoche canonical | 2 |
| Jamgön Ju Mipham Gyatso | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13430015 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mipham Rinpoche Context triple: [Nyingma school, associatedWith, Mipham Rinpoche]
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A.
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen was a 14th-century Tibetan Buddhist master and philosopher renowned for systematizing the Jonang school’s distinctive "shentong" (other-emptiness) doctrine.
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B.
Jigme Lingpa
Jigme Lingpa was an 18th-century Tibetan Buddhist master and visionary tertön renowned for revealing the Longchen Nyingtik teachings, a central cycle of Dzogchen practice in the Nyingma tradition.
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C.
Je Tsongkhapa
Je Tsongkhapa was a 14th–15th century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and reformer renowned for systematizing Buddhist doctrine and monastic discipline in Tibet.
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D.
Longchen Rabjam
Longchen Rabjam was a 14th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and meditation master renowned as one of the greatest systematizers and exponents of Dzogchen teachings.
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E.
Gang Rinpoche
Gang Rinpoche is the Tibetan name for Mount Kailash, a sacred peak in the Himalayas revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mipham Rinpoche Target entity description: Mipham Rinpoche was a prominent 19th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and polymath renowned for his influential writings and commentaries within the Nyingma tradition.
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A.
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen was a 14th-century Tibetan Buddhist master and philosopher renowned for systematizing the Jonang school’s distinctive "shentong" (other-emptiness) doctrine.
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B.
Jigme Lingpa
Jigme Lingpa was an 18th-century Tibetan Buddhist master and visionary tertön renowned for revealing the Longchen Nyingtik teachings, a central cycle of Dzogchen practice in the Nyingma tradition.
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C.
Je Tsongkhapa
Je Tsongkhapa was a 14th–15th century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and reformer renowned for systematizing Buddhist doctrine and monastic discipline in Tibet.
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D.
Longchen Rabjam
Longchen Rabjam was a 14th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and meditation master renowned as one of the greatest systematizers and exponents of Dzogchen teachings.
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E.
Gang Rinpoche
Gang Rinpoche is the Tibetan name for Mount Kailash, a sacred peak in the Himalayas revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
Nyingma master ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist scholar ⓘ Tibetan writer ⓘ commentator on Buddhist scriptures ⓘ philosopher ⓘ polymath ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dzogchen
ⓘ
Madhyamaka philosophy ⓘ
linked to:
Madhyamaka
Yogacara-Madhyamaka synthesis ⓘ |
| century | 19th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Buddhist logic
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Buddhist philosophy ⓘ Dzogchen studies ⓘ epistemology ⓘ tantric studies ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle |
Jamgön
ⓘ
Rinpoche ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Nyingma scholars
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Rimé (non-sectarian) movement in Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Rimé movement
|
| knownFor |
Dzogchen exegesis
ⓘ
commentaries on Indian Buddhist classics ⓘ influential writings in the Nyingma tradition ⓘ philosophical treatises ⓘ systematizing Nyingma scholasticism ⓘ |
| language | Classical Tibetan ⓘ |
| movement | Rimé movement ⓘ |
| name |
Jamgön Ju Mipham Gyatso
ⓘ
linked to:
Mipham Rinpoche
|
| nationality | Tibetan ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Tibet
ⓘ
linked to:
eastern Tibet
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| role |
bridge between Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophical traditions
ⓘ
systematizer of Nyingma scholastic curriculum ⓘ |
| school |
Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism
|
| subjectOf |
modern academic studies on Tibetan Buddhism
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translations into English and other Western languages ⓘ |
| tradition |
Nyingma
ⓘ
linked to:
Nyingma school
|
| wrote |
commentaries on Dharmakirti’s Pramanavarttika
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commentaries on Nagarjuna’s works ⓘ commentaries on Nyingma tantras ⓘ commentaries on Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara ⓘ philosophical works on emptiness (śūnyatā) ⓘ texts on logic and epistemology (pramāṇa) ⓘ works on Dzogchen view and meditation ⓘ works on ritual and liturgy ⓘ works on tantra ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mipham Rinpoche Description of subject: Mipham Rinpoche was a prominent 19th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and polymath renowned for his influential writings and commentaries within the Nyingma tradition.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mipham Rinpoche