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'''Tilopa''' (988-1069) - the most important source of the [[Kagyü]] lineage is traced back to the great Indian yogi Tilopa and one of his main disciples, [[Naropa]] (1016-1110). He is also counted among the [[eighty-four mahasiddhas]].
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'''Tilopa''' also known as '''Tillipa''', '''Telopa''' or '''Tailopa''' (Tib. [[ཏི་ལོ་པ་]]) (988-1069) the most important source of the [[Kagyü]] lineage is traced back to the great Indian yogi Tilopa and one of his main disciples, [[Naropa]] (1016-1110). He is also counted among the [[eighty-four mahasiddhas]].


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*[[Abhayadatta]], ''Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas'', Emeryville, Dharma Publishing, 1979
*Fabizio Torricelli and Ācārya Sangye T. Naga, ''The Life of the Mahāsiddha Tilopa'', LTWA, New Dehli, 1995
*Nālandā Translation Committee, 'The Life of Tilopa' in Donald S. Lopez (ed.) ''Religions of Tibet in Practice'', Princeton University Press, 1997
*Nālandā Translation Committee, 'The Life of Tilopa' in Donald S. Lopez (ed.) ''Religions of Tibet in Practice'', Princeton University Press, 1997
*Roger R. Jackson, ''Tantric Treasures: Three Collections of Mystical Verse from Buddhist India'', Oxford University Press, 2004
*[[Thrangu Rinpoche]], Life of Tilopa & The Ganges Mahamudra, Zhisil Chokyi Ghatsal, 2002.
*[[Tai Situ Rinpoche|XIIth Khentin Tai Situpa]], ''Tilopa, Some Glimpses Of His Life'', Dzalendra Publishing, 1988.
==External Links==
*{{TBRC|P4024|TBRC Profile}}


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Latest revision as of 08:37, 16 July 2015

Tilopa

Tilopa also known as Tillipa, Telopa or Tailopa (Tib. ཏི་ལོ་པ་) (988-1069) — the most important source of the Kagyü lineage is traced back to the great Indian yogi Tilopa and one of his main disciples, Naropa (1016-1110). 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
  • Fabizio Torricelli and Ācārya Sangye T. Naga, The Life of the Mahāsiddha Tilopa, LTWA, New Dehli, 1995
  • Nālandā Translation Committee, 'The Life of Tilopa' in Donald S. Lopez (ed.) Religions of Tibet in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1997
  • Roger R. Jackson, Tantric Treasures: Three Collections of Mystical Verse from Buddhist India, Oxford University Press, 2004
  • Thrangu Rinpoche, Life of Tilopa & The Ganges Mahamudra, Zhisil Chokyi Ghatsal, 2002.
  • XIIth Khentin Tai Situpa, Tilopa, Some Glimpses Of His Life, Dzalendra Publishing, 1988.

External Links