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    Niguma is considered one of the most important and influential yoginis and Vajrayana teachers of the 10th or 11th century in India. She was a dakini, and...
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    vision by Niguma. Niguma gave him "direct transmission" of the Six Yogas of Niguma. During a profound visionary experience, the dakini Niguma herself bestowed...
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    he traveled to India, where he met the female mystic yogini, Niguma. (Vajradhara Niguma is the full Tibetan name of the Indian yogini Vimalashri. He received...
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    albums: Yoga is Love (2012), Niguma (2016), Ascension, Niguma Vol. 2 (2017), which was also the music for her mantra opera, Niguma: The Mantra Project, which...
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    to the 11th century Indian Mahasiddhas Naropa, Maitripa and the yogini Niguma, via their student Marpa Lotsawa (1012–1097), who brought their teachings...
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    disciple of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say partner and pupil, of Niguma. As an Indian Mahasiddha, Naropa's instructions inform Vajrayana, particularly...
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    student Naropa and Naropa's consort Niguma. Tilopa's Ganges Mahāmudrā song is a widely taught short mahāmudrā text. Niguma is an important source for the Shangpa...
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    Marpa was a personal student of the Mahasiddha Maitripa and of the dakini Niguma. Born as Marpa Chökyi Lodrö, in Lhodrak Chukhyer in the southern part of...
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    the pure buddha lands." The six dharmas of Niguma are almost identical to the six dharmas of Nāropa. Niguma, who was an enlightened yogini, a Vajrayana...
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    Gampo Trisong Detsen Ralpacan Second dissemination Atiśa Talika Abhayakirti Niguma Sukhasiddhi Milarepa Nyingma Yeshe Tsogyal Longchenpa Jigme Lingpa Patrul...
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