Mar-pa

Buddhist scholar
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Also known as: Mar-pa Lotsawa
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Also called:
Mar-pa Lotsawa (“Mar-pa the Translator”)
Born:
1012, Lhobrag, Tibet
Died:
1096, Tibet (aged 84)

Mar-pa (born 1012, Lhobrag, Tibet—died 1096, Tibet) was one of the Tibetan translators of Indian Vajrayana (or Tantric) Buddhist texts, a significant figure in the revival of Buddhism in Tibet in the 11th century. The chief source of information on the life of Mar-pa is a 14th-century biography written by the “Mad Yogin of Tsang.” According to it, Mar-pa was born of wealthy parents. He had a violent nature and was sent to a Tibetan monastery to study Buddhism. Eventually he went to India, where he studied for 10 years under the Indian yogi Naropa. Mar-pa’s return to Tibet was ...(100 of 212 words)