Tao Te Ching
Nāropā
955 – 1040 CE
Born a high status Bengali Brahmin, Nāropā became a great debater, scholar, Nalanda abbot, and “Guardian of the Northern gate.” In a famous encounter with his teacher, Tilopa, he realized that he only understood the words of the teachings, not the true sense and began a journey that defines the criteria for lineage holders on this list. An important teacher to many enlightened teachers and mahasiddhas including Atisa, Maitripa, Dombipa, Marpa and many other Tibetans who took these teachings to Tibet where they flourished as they were destroyed in India by an Islamic invasion said to have killed over 400 million people.
Lineages
Mahasiddha Tibetan Vajrayana
Eras
Chinese
5 Kingdom of Dali 大理国 (937 – 1253 CE)Northern Song (960 – 1127 CE)
Liao dynasty (907 – 1125 CE)
Western Xia 西夏 (1038 – 1227 CE)
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Quotes by Nāropā (6 quotes)
“All living beings by nature are one’s parents… How will you find the Guru to accept you when you look down on others?”
Chapters:
66. Go Low
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“What need have I for gold? The whole world is gold for me!”
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“Like a snake in a bamboo tube,
Don't make any effort to move.”
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“The innate nature of mind is primordially empty. Like smashing things with a hammer, it liberates through seeing, touching, and thinking.”
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“A flower blooming in the sky,
The son of a barren woman rides a horse...
He kills his enemy in the space of dharmata...
The sun and moon dance, blowing trumpets.”
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