Marpa the Translator, the eleventh-century farmar, 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 ...
