The Karma Kagyu lineage

2018-10-15

The Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism traces its origins to Shakyamuni Buddha through Marpa the Great Translator,

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Marpa Lotsāwa

2018-10-16

Marpa Lotsāwa (1012-1097) Marpa Chökyi Lodrö was born in the early 11th century in Lhodrak, to a prosperous family with its own fields to farm and pasture to graze cattle.

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Milarepa

2018-10-17

Marpa’s chief disciple, Milarepa, remains Tibet’s most widely venerated spiritual master,

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Gampopa

2018-10-17

(1079-1153) Milarepa had two main heart disciples: Gampopa, also known as Dagpo Rinpoche, and Rechungpa. Together the two are described as the sun and the moon,

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The First Karmapa

2018-10-18

The First Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa (1110-1193)Dusum Khyenpa was born in eastern Tibet in the year 1110 CE, to a mother named Lhathok Zagang Jam and a father named Gompa Dorje Gönpo.

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The Second Karmapa

2018-10-21

Dusum Khyenpa returned as Karma Pakshi, as he had predicted in the letter he left with his heart disciple, Drogön Rechen (1148-1218).

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