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Nāropa or Nadapada or Abhayakirti (Tib. ནཱ་རོ་པ་) (956-1040)^[1] 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.

↑ 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.

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-'''Nāropa''' or '''Nadapada''' or  '''Abhayakirti''' (Tib. [[ནཱ་རོ་པ་]]) (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''' (Tib. [[ནཱ་རོ་པ་]]) (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. A disciple of the [[mahasiddha]] [[Tilopa]] and a teacher of [[Marpa]] the translator. He is also counted among the [[eighty-four mahasiddhas]].
+==Notes==
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 ==Further Reading==
 *[[Abhayadatta]], ''Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas'', Emeryville, Dharma Publishing, 1979
 *Herbert V. Guenther, ''The Life and Teaching of Naropa'', Boston: Shambala, 1999
+*Peter Alan Roberts, ''Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions: Core Teachings of the Kagyü Schools'', Boston: Wisdom, 2011
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