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'''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]].
[[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==
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==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*Herbert V. Guenther, ''The Life and Teaching of Naropa'', Boston: Shambala, 1999
*[[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}}


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Latest revision as of 21:00, 14 December 2021

Naropa

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

  1. 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

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