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|Glossary-Term=Kagyu | |Glossary-Term=Kagyu | ||
|FeaturedPeople=Mar pa chos kyi blo gros;Sgam po pa;Karmapa, 3rd | |FeaturedPeople=Mar pa chos kyi blo gros;Sgam po pa;Karmapa, 3rd;'gos lo tsA ba gzhon nu dpal | ||
|Glossary-Tibetan=བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་ | |Glossary-Tibetan=བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་ | ||
|Glossary-Wylie=bka' brgyud | |Glossary-Wylie=bka' brgyud | ||
Revision as of 13:12, 13 March 2020
| Key Term | Kagyu |
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| Featured People | Marpa Chökyi Lodrö, Gampopa, Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, Gö Lotsāwa Zhönu Pal |
| In Tibetan Script | བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | bka' brgyud |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | ka gyu |
| Alternate Spellings | bka' rgyud |
| Term Type | School |
| Source Language | Tibetan |
| Basic Meaning | The Kagyu traces its origin to the eleventh century translator Marpa and his famous disciple Milarepa. It split into as many as twelve sub-traditions, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drigung, and the Drukpa. |
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