Marpa chokyi lodro, Marpa chökyi lodrö: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Google Books: Mahāmudrā and Related InstructionsMarpa Chökyi Lodrö is the name of an ancient teacher, according to “the succession of Gurus in the Mahāmudrā lineages” in the Kagyü School of Tibetan Buddhism (the Mahāmudrā deals with the nature of the mind).—According to the special Mantrayāna tradition, one lineage is: (1) Vajradhara, (2) Tilopa, (3) Nāropa, and (4) Marpa Lotsāwa. Another lineage is: (1) Vajradhara, (2) Matiratna, (3) Saraha, [(4) Nāgārjuna], (5) Śavaripa, (6) Maitripa, and (7) Marpa Chökyi Lodrö. Afterward, both lineages merge in Lord Milarepa, Lord Daö Shönu [i.e., Gampopa], and so on. This is the lineage of the Kamtsang [Kagyü]. [...]
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Marpa.
Full-text: Tilopa, Matiratna, Milarepa, Gampopa, Saraha, Maitripa, Dao shonu, Nagarjuna, Shavaripa, Naropa, Vajradhara, Marpa lotsawa, Kamtsang.
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