The Life of Marpa the Translator: Seeing Accomplishes All by Tsang N. Heruka - ISBN: 9781570620874
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Farmer, scholar, saint: Marpa’s epic journeys brought Buddhism to Tibet.

The Life of Marpa the Translator: Seeing Accomplishes All

Seeing Accomplishes All

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    322 pages

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    25 August 1995

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Summary

Marpa the Translator, the eleventh-century farmer, scholar, and teacher, is one of the most renowned saints in Tibetan Buddhist history. In the West, Marpa is best known through his teacher, the Indian yogin Naropa, and through his closest disciple, Milarepa. This lucid and moving translation of a text composed by the author of The Life of Milarepa and The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa documents the fascinating life of Marpa, who, unlike many other Tibetan masters, was …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781570620874
ISBN-10:1570620873
Author:Tsang N. Heruka, Translation The Nalanda
Publisher:Shambhala
Imprint:Shambhala Publications Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:322
Release Date:25 August 1995
Weight:422g
Dimensions:22mm x 148mm x 207mm
About The Author

Tsang N. Heruka

Francesca Fremantle received her doctorate from the School of Asian and African Studies at London University. She is a scholar and translator of Sanskrit and Tibetan works and was a student of Chogyam Trungpa for many years.

Master of meditation, social visionary, author, artist, poet–Chogyam Trungpa (1939-1987) founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and Vajradhatu, an international association of meditation centers (now known under the name Shambhala International).

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