Marpa Dopa Chökyi Wangchuk
Marpa Dopa Chökyi Wangchuk
Marpa Dopa Chökyi Wangchuk
མར་པ་དོ་པ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་དབང་ཕྱུག་
1042 - 1136
A contemporary and student of the illustrious Tibetan masters Rongzom and Marpa the translator, Marpa Dopa traveled south to Nepal and India where he studied under numerous prominent Indian scholars and yogis of the time. He is mostly remembered for his translations of tantric works and, in particular, for the lineages of Cakrasaṃvara and Vajrayoginī that he brought back to Tibet and spread among his students.
Is buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
Do all beings have buddha-nature?
To which "turning of the wheel" do the buddha-nature teachings belong?
Is buddha-nature equated with emptiness or alayavijnana?
Do buddha-nature teachings belong to the zhentong or rangtong view of emptiness?
Are there one or three vehicles on the path to buddhahood?
Do the author's writings belong to the analytic or meditative tradition of Uttaratantra exegesis?
What is Buddha-nature?
Tathāgatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature
Does the author advocate the Svatantrika or Prasangika view of emptiness?