Marpa Chökyi Lodrö
Resource ID | P403 | ||
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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 grosTeachers
NigumaMaitripa
Naropa
Students
MilarepaNotes
A contemporary of Khyungpo Neljor, Marpa Lotsawa is at the origin of the Marpa Kagyü lineage.Lineage: Niguma > Marpa: "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" (The Life of Marpa the Translator, Shambhala 1999, p.32-33 ).