Yutog Yontan Gonpo
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Yutog Yontan Gonpo (traditionally 708 – 833)
by Subhuti Dharmananda was an 8th-century high
lama Lama (; "chief") is a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term ''guru'', meaning "heavy one", endowed with qualities the student will eventually embody. The Tibetan word "lama" means "hi ...
and a
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of
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. He should be distinguished from
Yuthok Yontan Gompo the Younger Yuthok Yonten Gonpo the Younger (Wylie transliteration g.yu thog gsar ma yon tan mgon po) (1126–1202) was a Tibetan doctor and ''ngakpa'' (lay, non-monastic tantric practitioner), credited with composing the ''Four Medical Tantras'' (''rgyud bzh ...
who lived in the 12th century. For further discussion see
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Yuthok Yontan Gompo the YoungerTibetan Medicine Education centeTibetanmedicine.comInternational Academy for Traditional Tibetan Medicine (IATTM)
Lamas Lamas from Tibet Tibetan Buddhists Traditional Tibetan medicine practitioners 8th-century Tibetan people 8th-century physicians Longevity myths Year of birth uncertain 833 deaths {{Tibetan-Buddhism-stub