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'''Naropa''' or '''Nadapada''' or  '''Abhayakirti''' (1016-1100?) was an important master in the [[Kagyü]] tradition. A disciple of the [[mahasiddha]] [[Tilopa]] and a teacher of [[Marpa]] the translator. He is also counted among the [[eighty-four mahasiddhas]].
'''Nāropa''' or '''Nadapada''' or  '''Abhayakirti''' (1016-1100?) was an important master in the [[Kagyü]] tradition. A disciple of the [[mahasiddha]] [[Tilopa]] and a teacher of [[Marpa]] the translator. He is also counted among the [[eighty-four mahasiddhas]].


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 04:59, 24 February 2009

Nāropa or Nadapada or Abhayakirti (1016-1100?) was an important master in the Kagyü tradition. A disciple of the mahasiddha Tilopa and a teacher of Marpa the translator. He is also counted among the eighty-four mahasiddhas.

Further Reading

  • Herbert V. Guenther, The Life and Teaching of Naropa, Boston: Shambala, 1999