TY - BOOK AU - Heruka, Tsang Nyon. TI - The life of marpa the translator: seeing accomplishes all SN - 1569571120 U1 - 294.39230924 HER PY - 1999/// CY - South Asia PB - Shambhala KW - BkaŹ¼-brgyud-pa lamas KW - Biography KW - China KW - Tibet Autonomous Region KW - Mar-pa Chos-kyi-blo-gros, KW - 1012-1097 N1 - Includes index N2 - Marpa the Translator, the eleventh- century farmer, scholar, and teacher, is one of the most renowned saints in Tibetan Buddhist history. In the West, Marpa is best known through his teacher, the Indian yogin Naropa, and through his closest disciple, Milarepa. This lucid and moving translation of a text composed by the author of The Life of Milarepa The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa documents the fascinating life of Marpa, who, unlike many other Tibetan master, was a layman, a skillful businessman who raised a family while training his disciples ER -