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    Tilopa (Prakrit; Sanskrit: Talika or Tilopadā; 988–1069) was an Indian Buddhist tantric mahasiddha who lived along the Ganges River. He practised Anuttarayoga...
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    or Abhayakirti was an Indian Buddhist Mahasiddha. He was the disciple of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say partner and pupil, of Niguma. As an Indian...
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    mahasiddhas Tilopa and his disciple Naropa. The caves are considered sacred as the site where Naropa received direct teachings from his master Tilopa and had...
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    Other influential Indian mahasiddhas include Tilopa, his student Naropa and Naropa's consort Niguma. Tilopa's Ganges Mahāmudrā song is a widely taught short...
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    practitioners, in some cases physical. In one important Anuttarayoga text, where Tilopa expounds the meaning to Naropa, it is said: When you rely on a consort,...
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    age of 5, Bogd Khan declared Jamsrangjab to be the after-life of the late Tilopa. Jamsrangjab with his parents moved to the capital city Niislel Khuree....
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    The king of Visnunagar offered Tilopa, a learned guru, 500 gold coins a day, if he would live at his court. Tilopa, however, wanted rather to live as...
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    Tantra, transmitted through Tilopa, Nagarjuna, Indrabhuti, and Saraha; the dream yoga practice of the Mahamaya from Tilopa, Charyapa, and Kukuripa; the...
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    Bengal, during the 10th century were of various religious backgrounds. Tilopa was a prominent Buddhist from modern-day Chittagong, though Samatata was...
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    lineage to the mahasiddha Virūpa. Other influential Indian teachers include Tilopa (988–1069) and his student Naropa (probably died ca. 1040). Their teachings...
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