Marpa Chökyi Lodrö

Resource ID	P403
Date of Birth	b. 1002 and 1012	Date of Death	b. 1097 and 1100
External links	TOL 4354 BUDA P2636

Name Variants

mar pa chos kyi blo gros

Teachers

Niguma
Maitripa
Naropa

Students

Milarepa

Notes

A contemporary of Khyungpo Neljor, Marpa Lotsawa is at the origin of the Marpa Kagyü lineage.

Lineage: Niguma > Marpa: in The Life of Marpa the Translator : "Naropa said, - On the shores of the poison lake in the South, in the charnel ground of Sosadvipa is Jnanadakini Adorned with Bone Ornaments. Whoever encounters her is liberated. Go before her and request the Catuhpitha. You can also request of the kusulus there whatever teachings you desire." Having arrived in the charnel ground at Sosadvipa, Marpa meet this yogini, who was living in a woven grass dome. Offering her a mandala of gold, he supplicated her. She joyfully gave him the full abhiseka and oral instructions of the Catuhpitha (Timeless Rapture, Ngawang Zangpo, p. 227-228).