Yutog Yontan Gonpo
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Lama
Lama is a title for a Tibetan teacher of the Dharma. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term guru .Historically, the term was used for venerated spiritual masters or heads of monasteries...
and the physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
of Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
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He should be distinguished from Yuthok Yontan Gompo the Younger
Yuthok Yontan Gompo the Younger
Yuthok Yonten Gonpo the Younger was a Traditional Tibetan doctor credited with The Four Medical Tantras - a four-book treatise on Traditional Tibetan medicine - and the Yuthok Nyingthig Ladrub Dugngai Munpa Selvai Nyini Odser which means ‘The Innermost Essence of the Teachings of Yuthok, Guru...
who lived in the 12th century.
For further discussion see Portrait of Yutog Yontan Gonpo
Portrait of Yutog Yontan Gonpo
The Portrait of Yutog Yontan Gonpo is an 17th century Buddhist depiction of the lama and the physician Yutog Yontan Gonpo of Tibet. This style of Tibetan thangka painting is called 'tsal thang' with gold on a vermilion ground....
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