Tilopa

( Tilo, Tillo, Tillipa, Tailopa, Telopa,
sNum-pa, Mar-nag 'tsong-mkhan, Til-brdung-mkhan )

(988­1069)

Mahamudra is beyond all words
And symbols, but for you, Naropa,
Earnest and loyal, must this be said.

The Void needs no reliance,
Mahamudra rests on nought.
Without making an effort,
But remaining loose and natural,
One can break the yoke
Thus gaining Liberation.

If one sees nought when staring into space,
If with the mind one then observes the mind,
One destroys distinctions
And reaches Buddhahood.
 

[ excerpted from (and for full song):
The Six Yogas of Naropa & Teachings on Mahamudra,
[ another version of the Song of Mahamudra ]

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links

Tilopa
from Karma Triyana Dharmachakra

Drikung Kagyu Lineage

Diamond Way

Tilopa was Guru to Naropa

bibliography (and excerpts)
 

The Six Yogas of Naropa & Teachings on Mahamudra
Garma C.C. Chang (Translator)
Snow Lion Publications (1986, 1990)
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The Great Kagyu Masters
The Golden Lineage Treasury
Translated by Khenpo Könchog Gyaltsen
Edited by Victoria Huckenpahler
Snow Lion Publications (1990)
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The life of the Mahasiddha Tilopa
Mar-pa Chos-kyi-blo-gros
South Asia Books
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The Life and Teaching of Naropa
Herbert V. Guenther (Translator), et al
Shambhala Publications
Paperback / Published 1995
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The Rain of Wisdom:
The Essence of the Ocean of True Meaning
Nalanda Translation Committee, trans.
Shambhala Publications

Hardcover / January 1989
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Paperback, 1985.
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Tantra, the Supreme Understanding:
Discourses on the Tantric Way of Tilopa's Song of Mahamudra

1975 version:

Books on Mahamudra

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