Naropa

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Naropa

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.

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

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