Marpa

Hughes Dubois Photographie/Collection of Tom Pritzker Tom Pritzker, chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corp., and his wife Margot have built one of the world's best private collections of ancient art from Tibet, including this 13th century Tibetan "thangka" painting of Marpa, an 11th century teacher credited with spreading Buddhism from India to Tibet.

Inside Some of the World's Top Art Collections 2011

Kagyu: One of the four great Tibetan Buddhist traditions founded by Marpa Lotsawa

Awakening Kindness Nawang Khechog 2010

Kagyu: One of the four great Tibetan Buddhist traditions founded by Marpa Lotsawa

Awakening Kindness Nawang Khechog 2010

Kagyu: One of the four great Tibetan Buddhist traditions founded by Marpa Lotsawa

Awakening Kindness Nawang Khechog 2010

The Kadam lam-rim tradition passed primarily into Kagyu, which had come through Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa, and Milarepa.

A Commentary on Attitude-Training Like the Rays of the Sun - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama ��� Day One: Introductory Discussion 2009

Milarepa had a sister, who insisted he find a wife and have a home and children, but instead Milarepa left home and met his teacher, Marpa.

Milarepa Songs of Nonattachment to Family, Friends, and Wealth 2008

From the lineage that has passed from Vajradhara to Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa, Milarepa (Mi-la Ras-pa), and Gampopa (sGam-po-pa), the lineage of meditation methods and so on deriving from (direct disciples) of Gampopa are:

Mahamudra Eliminating the Darkness of Unawareness ��� Part Four: Enhancing Your Practice the Ninth Karmapa Wangchug-dorjey 2008

When his sister learned that Marpa was married with a home and family, she pressed her case with Milarepa.

Milarepa Songs of Nonattachment to Family, Friends, and Wealth 2008

Its lineage passed from Maitripa to Marpa to Milarepa to Gampopa.

Commentary on An Aspiration Prayer for the Definitive Meaning of Mahamudra ��� 2 Eliminating Confusion about the Practice of the Path Beru Khyentse Rinpoche 2006

Thus, Naropa told Marpa, “You cannot realize the nature of mind through books; you must examine your own mind.”

Commentary on An Aspiration Prayer for the Definitive Meaning of Mahamudra ��� 2 Eliminating Confusion about the Practice of the Path Beru Khyentse Rinpoche 2006