Nāropa, sometimes also called Nārotapa, is the first of the great lineage lamas from whom this teaching descends. An accomplished scholar of the Vajrayāna at Vikramaśilā, he was a contemporary of Atiśa. Nāropa is counted by the Kagyu school as one of their founders. This Vajrayoginī teaching was not given to the Kagyu lineage, however, […]
Paṇchen Shākya Shrī was born in Kashmir. He was invited to Tibet along with nine other māhapaṇḍitas (great scholar). During his ten years of residence in Tibet, he taught prātimokṣa precepts lineage as well as teachings of the sūtra and tantra to Sakya Paṇdita, the fourth Sakya patriarch. […]
Māhasiddha Gayādhara was a student of Māhasiddha Avadhutipa, a holder of the Lamdré lineage, and teacher of Drokmi Lotsāwa. […]
Māhasiddha Avadhutipa was a disciple of Māhasiddha Damarupa and a holder of the Lamdré lineage. […]
Māhasiddha Damarupa was the fifth Indian teacher of the Lamdré lineage. […]
Māhasiddha Krishnapa, also known as Kāṇha was one of the eighty-four Indian māhasiddhas. He was Mahāsiddha Virūpa’s second disciple and a holder of the Lamdré lineage. […]
Mahāsiddha Virūpa, the Lord of Yogins who lived in medieval India, received the Lamdré (Path and Its Result) instructions directly from the female buddha Vajra Nairātmyā, the consort of the tutelary deity Śrī Hevajra. He set forth these instructions in the Vajra Verses, which explicate the path to and result of perfect enlightenment, and the […]