Marpa Chokyi Lodro
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Marpa Chokyi Lodro 🇨🇳

མར་པ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས (Known as "Marpa the Translator")
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Born c. 1012 🇨🇳 Lhodrak, Tibetan Kingdom
Passed Away c. 1097 Drowolung, Tibetan Kingdom
Lifespan 85 years old
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"Having crossed the stormy ocean to India, I obtained the wish-fulfilling jewel of Naropa's oral transmission."

Archival Overview

Tibetan householder yogi and translator who journeyed thrice to India, studied under Naropa and Maitripa, and founded the Kagyu lineage in Tibet, famously mentoring Milarepa.

Biographical Record

Marpa Lotsawa (1012–1097 CE) was a farmer from Lhodrak who traded gold to make three perilous journeys to Buddhist India, enduring fevers and banditry.

He received the Mahamudra and Six Yogas teachings directly from the Indian master Naropa, returning to Tibet to live as an ordinary householder and farmer while guiding Milarepa through severe trials.

Key Life Milestones

1050

Third Journey to India

Reunited with Naropa in the Indian wilderness to receive the final direct ear-whispered transmissions of Mahamudra.

1075

The Training of Milarepa

Put Milarepa through severe trials building stone towers in Lhodrak to purify negative karma before transmitting the lineage.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Drowolung Monastery
Lhodrak, China
GPS: 28.3000, 90.8000
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