Kagyu

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Kagyu

Kagyu
བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་

Basic Meaning

The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.

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Key Term Kagyu
Topic Variation Kagyu
Tibetan བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་  ( ka gyu)
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration bka' brgyud  ( ka gyu)
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Source Language Tibetan
Basic Meaning The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.
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