Jetsun Milarepa ( Tibetan: རྗེ་བཙུན་མི་ལ་རས་པ, Wylie: rje btsun mi la ras pa, 1028/40-1111/23) [1] was a Tibetan siddha, who was famously known as a murderer when he was a young man, before turning to Buddhism and becoming a highly accomplished Buddhist disciple. Naropa (1016-1100) is one of the most prominent and authoritative Indian mahasiddhas and masters of mahahudra and tantra. He received the mahamudra and tantra lineage teachings from his guru Tilopa and transmitted them to his disciple, Marpa, the Great Translator of Tibet. Naropa's early life as a Brahmin
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Tilopa is one of the most authoritative and renowned Indian mahasiddhas and masters of mahamudra and tantra. He received various tantric teachings and unified them and transmitted to his disciple, Naropa. Tilopa was the first human master of the Kagyu lineage. Tilopa (988-1069) Born a Brahmin, Tilopa was first ordained into monkhood in the monastery of Somapuri, receiving the name Prajnabhadra. After an encounter with a dakini (female embodiment of wisdom), he left the monastery. He became a wandering yogi, travelling throughout India. Tilopa ( Prakrit; Sanskrit: Talika or Tilopadā; 988-1069) was an Indian Buddhist monk in the tantric Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism . He lived along the Ganges River, with wild ladies as a tantric practitioner and mahasiddha. [1] Nāropā. Nāropā ( Prakrit; Sanskrit: Nāropāda, [1] Naḍapāda [2] or Abhayakirti [3]) [4] or Abhayakirti was an Indian Buddhist Mahasiddha. He was the disciple of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say partner and pupil, of Niguma. [5]
Vajradhara surrounded by smaller figures of Telopa, Naropa, Marpa and Milaraspa Smithsonian
The Kagyu Lineage Masters — Tilopa, Naropa and Marpa by Garchen Institute | Jul 15, 2015 | Drikung Kagyu Lineage From Gampopa onwards, many different Mahamudra lineages began to crystallize according to the different styles of Mahamudra taught by Gampopa and his spiritual descendents. Tilopa received the teachings of Mahamudra directly from Vajradhara and Vajrayogini. He received the special Dakini hearing lineage. He transmitted both of these teachings to Naropa (1016-1100). And then Naropa passed them on to his Tibetan disciple Marpa Chokyi Lodro (1012-1096). Similarly, Jetsun Milarepa was the principal Dharma heir of Marpha. Naropa spent a total of twelve years with Tilopa. At the bank of Bagmati River in Nepal, on the site of the Pashupatinath Temple, there is the cave where he was initiated by Tilopa and attained siddhi. Later in his life Naropa stayed in Phullahari, where he died aged 85. Phullahari or Pullahari was located most likely in eastern Bihar or Bengal. Milarepa is widely regarded as Tibet's greatest yogi, famous for his strict mountain retreats, beautiful songs of realization, and devotion to his teacher, Marpa. Milarepa was born in Gungthang. His father was MilaSherap Gyaltsen and mother, Nyangtsa Kargyen. He had one younger sister, Peta Paldron.
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Free from hope or fear is the fruition." When Guru Marpha Met Naropa Naropa decided to examine Marpha's capacity to carry his teachings during Marpa's final visit to India. Hevajra is Marpa's primary meditational deity. Thus he created the entirety of the Hevajra mandala before him and remarked, Tilopa is born a brahman (member of the priestly caste) and, as a young man, renounces the world and takes monastic ordination, living in a monastery presided over by his uncle. After a short period, however, he has a vision of a dakini who gives him tantric initiation and instruction and sets him to meditating.
Naropa, Tilopa's primary disciple, is born in wealthy circumstances, the favored son of a kshatriya (ruling caste in India) family. At seventeen, he is compelled by his parents to marry. After eight years of marriage, however, he announces his intention to renounce the world. Milarépa The Illustrious Ngak'phang Lama of the Kagyüdpas (1052-1135) Renowned yogi, poet, and enlightened genius, Milarépa is a forefather of the Kagyüd schools - in the line of master to disciple from Tilopa (988-1069) to Naropa (1016-1100) and thence to Marpa (1012-1097) the Tsa-wa'i Lama of Milarépa. Tilopa, Naropa (and his sister Niguma), and Milarépa were all non-celibate.
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Tilopa | Naropa | Marpa | Milarepa | Gampopa There are few figures more beloved in the Buddhist Himalayas than the 11th century yogi-hero Milarepa. His story of hardship, errant paths, disciplined training, heartbreak, devotion, and ultimate liberation have been told in many places. Podcast includes an exploration of the Tibetan saints (Bodhisattvas) Tilopa, Marpa & Milarepa lineage, the Six Yoga of Naropa, the use of channel grounds as meditative tools and a short history of Buddhist oral teaching traditions.. Saints and Miracles : Tilopa, Marpa & Milarepa.
