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Bka’-brgyud-pa

Buddhist sect
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Tibetan:
“Transmitted Word”
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Kagyupa
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Bka’-brgyud-pa, Buddhist sect in Tibet. Its members are followers of the 11th-century teacher Mar-pa, who distinguished himself as a translator of Buddhist texts while continuing to live the life of a householder. Mar-pa studied in India under the master yogi (spiritual adept, or ascetic) Naropa. Mar-pa’s chief disciple was Mi-la ras-pa (Milarepa), who is revered as the greatest poet-saint in Tibetan history. Mi-la ras-pa in turn transmitted the teachings to Sgam-po-pa, whose own disciples established six separate schools of Bka’-brgyud-pa thought, known for the most part by the names of their monasteries but differing little in doctrine. Of these, the ...(100 of 135 words)

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