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'''Naropa''' | [[File:Naropa.png|thumb|Naropa]] | ||
'''Nāropa''' (Tib. [[ནཱ་རོ་པ་]]) or '''Nadapada''' or '''Abhayakirti''' (956-1040)<ref>Peter Roberts gives Naropa's dates as 956-1040, and explains that the common dating of 1016-1100 is based on a literal reading of [[Tsangnyön Heruka]]'s account of the life of [[Marpa]], including visionary accounts without historical basis. See ''Mahamudra and Related Instructions'', p. 14.</ref> was an important master in the [[Kagyü]] tradition. He was a disciple of the [[mahasiddha]] [[Tilopa]] and a teacher of [[Marpa]] the translator and many others. He is also counted among the [[eighty-four mahasiddhas]]. | |||
==Notes== | |||
<small><references/></small> | |||
==Further Reading== | |||
*[[Abhayadatta]], ''Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas'', Emeryville, Dharma Publishing, 1979, ISBN 978-0913546604 | |||
*[[Chögyam Trungpa]], ''Illusion's Game: The Life and Teaching of Naropa''. Boston and London: Shambhala, 1994, ISBN 978-0877738572 | |||
*Herbert V. Guenther, ''The Life and Teaching of Naropa'', Boston: Shambala, 1999, ISBN 978-1570621017 | |||
*Peter Alan Roberts, ''Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions: Core Teachings of the Kagyü Schools'', Boston: Wisdom, 2011, ISBN 978-0861714445 | |||
==Internal Links== | |||
*[[Six Yogas of Naropa]] | |||
==External Links== | |||
*{{TBRC|P3085|TBRC Profile}} | |||
[[Category:Historical Masters]] | [[Category:Historical Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Masters]] | |||
[[Category:Kagyü Masters]] | [[Category:Kagyü Masters]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:00, 14 December 2021
Nāropa (Tib. ནཱ་རོ་པ་) or Nadapada or Abhayakirti (956-1040)[1] was an important master in the Kagyü tradition. He was a disciple of the mahasiddha Tilopa and a teacher of Marpa the translator and many others. He is also counted among the eighty-four mahasiddhas.
Notes
- ↑ Peter Roberts gives Naropa's dates as 956-1040, and explains that the common dating of 1016-1100 is based on a literal reading of Tsangnyön Heruka's account of the life of Marpa, including visionary accounts without historical basis. See Mahamudra and Related Instructions, p. 14.
Further Reading
- Abhayadatta, Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas, Emeryville, Dharma Publishing, 1979, ISBN 978-0913546604
- Chögyam Trungpa, Illusion's Game: The Life and Teaching of Naropa. Boston and London: Shambhala, 1994, ISBN 978-0877738572
- Herbert V. Guenther, The Life and Teaching of Naropa, Boston: Shambala, 1999, ISBN 978-1570621017
- Peter Alan Roberts, Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions: Core Teachings of the Kagyü Schools, Boston: Wisdom, 2011, ISBN 978-0861714445
