Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Teacher (Lama) - Marpa Chokyi Lodro

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 61006)
Date Range 1900 - 1959
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.

At the center is Marpa Chokyi Lodro, Hevajra at the top right, Marpa's consort Dagmema is holding a cup to the right of Marpa, below her is Marpa's student Ngok Choku Dorje. On Marpa's lower left is his student Meton Tsonpo and below is Tsurton Wangi Dorje, the principle recipient of the Guhyasamaja cycle of tantras from Marpa which later merged with the Shalu sub-sect of the Sakya tradition.

Shinzo Shiratori 8-2024


Text Reference:

bka' brgyud gser phreng rnam thar zla wa chu shel gyi phreng ba bar cha (The Golden Garland of Kagyu Biographies). Situ Chokyi Jungne. Vajra Vidya Institute Library, 2005.

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