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[[Image:Dampa Deshek.jpg|thumb|Katok Dampa Deshek]]
'''Katok Dampa Deshek''' (Tib. ཀཿཐོག་པ་དམ་པ་བདེ་གཤེགས་, [[Wyl.]] ''kaH thog pa dam pa bde gshegs'') (1122-1192) — founder of [[Katok Monastery]]. His eldest brother was [[Phagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo]], one of the main students of [[Gampopa]]. Dampa Deshek's teachers included Phagmodrupa, the [[Sakya]] patriarch [[Sönam Tsemo]], [[Dzamtön Drowé Gönpo]], a disciple of [[Zur Shakya Senge]], and the first [[Karmapa]], [[Düsum Khyenpa]]. He founded Katok in the earth rabbit year, 1159. His extant writings include commentaries on the ''[[Düpa Do|Sutra Gathering All Intentions]]'' (Tib. ''Düpa Do'').

==Internal Links==
*[[The Last Testament of Katok Dampa Deshek]]

==External Links==
*{{TBRC|P1314|TBRC Profile}}

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