Marpa lotsawa biography sample

Early Life of Lama Marpa Lotsawa in Tibet

Marpa Lotsawa (མར་པ་ལོ་ཙཱ་བ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་) was born in the Water Mouse year in the Lodrak region of southern Tibet. His father, Marpa Wangchuk Woeser (དབང་ཕྱུག་འོད་ཟེར་), and mother, Gyalmo Woser (རྒྱལ་མོ་འོད་ཟེར་), raised him in an environment of wisdom and beauty.

Lama Marpa initially learned Tibetan writing and reading from a Nyingma teacher, but his temperamental nature led to substantial financial losses for his family. One day, amidst feelings of aimlessness and frustration, he decided to pursue Buddhist studies and translation work in India.

With support from his family and friends, who gathered gold and prepared provisions for his journey, Marpa Lotsawa set off on his life-changing quest.

Marpa Lotsawa’s Journey to Nepal and Encounters to Buddhist master

On his way to India, Marpa Lotsawa stopped at Nyendui Monastery in Upper Tibet, where he met Nyen Translator.

He then visited Nyengulong Monastery to meet with Dromt