Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Teacher (Lama) - Marpa Chokyi Lodro

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 35801)
Origin Location Tibet
Lineages Kagyu and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Lay Person

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P2636

Interpretation / Description

Marpa Chokyi Lodro, Translator (1012-1096 [p2636]): founder of one of the two schools named Kagyu (the Oral Tradition) in Tibetan Buddhism. Marpa's tradition was called Kagyu and after him was called Marpa Kagyu to differentiate the tradition from the unrelated Shangpa Kagyu founded by Kedrub Kyungpo Naljor.

Marpa's most famous student was Milarepa, but probably his most beloved student was Dharmadode. (See a Milarepa: Teachers & Students Outline).

Tibetan: Mar pa | Biographical Details

At the top of the composition are lineage teachers. At the middle right are orange Manjushri and white Lokeshvara. Directly below Marpa are Amitabha Buddha and Maitreya. Below that are Green Tara, Sarasvati, Yellow Vasudhara, Yellow Jambhala and Shri Devi Dudsolma.

At the middle and lower left side are blue Vajrapani and a donor figure wearing monastic robes and seated in front of a shrine.

Jeff Watt 3-2014

Secondary Images

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