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3 unusual facts about MARPA


Marpa

Marpa, Peru, ruins of a pre-Columbian town located along the Cotahuasi Canyon in the Andes range of southern Peru

Marpa Lotsawa, Tibetan Buddhist teacher credited with the transmission of many Buddhist teachings to Tibet from India

Milarepa

Milarepa's lama was Marpa, a.k.a. 'Marpa the Translator,' whose guru (teacher or lama) was Naropa, who's guru was, in turn, Tilopa.


Chime Rinpoche

Rinpoche still teaches occasionally at Marpa House when his health permits and annually leads a ten-day Summer School retreat in Baerenthal in northeastern France.

Parts Manufacturer Approval

Accomplishing this harmonization of standards was an important goal of the Modification and Replacement Parts Association (MARPA).


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