About Book
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
About Author
Chogyam Trungpa -meditation master, scholar, and artist - was the founder of the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and of Shambala Training. Among his other books are Shambala: The Sacred Path of Warrior, Meditation in Action, and The Heart of the Buddha.