Difference between revisions of "Kagyu"
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|Glossary-Term=Kagyu | |Glossary-Term=Kagyu | ||
− | |FeaturedPeople=Mar pa chos kyi blo gros;Sgam po pa;Karmapa, 3rd;'gos lo tsA ba gzhon nu dpal | + | |FeaturedPeople=Mar pa chos kyi blo gros;Sgam po pa;Karmapa, 3rd;'gos lo tsA ba gzhon nu dpal;Karmapa, 8th |
|Glossary-Tibetan=བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་ | |Glossary-Tibetan=བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་ | ||
|Glossary-Wylie=bka' brgyud | |Glossary-Wylie=bka' brgyud |
Revision as of 13:15, 13 March 2020
Key Term | Kagyu |
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Featured People | Mar pa chos kyi blo gros, Sgam po pa, Karmapa, 3rd, 'gos lo tsA ba gzhon nu dpal, Karmapa, 8th |
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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