Marpa Lotsawa Quotes on Freedom
Marpa Lotsawa, called Chokyi Lodro, was an eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist translator and tantric master, the principal pupil of the Indian Mahasiddha Naropa, and the founder of the Tibetan Kagyu lineage of Mahamudra teachings. This page collects quotes attributed to Marpa Lotsawa on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Marpa Lotsawa:
“The householder Yogi has no excuse, and so no escape, from awakening.”
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“To professors of Sakara, "freedom from the four extremes" means understanding that the object of cognition exists in a momentary mode, empty of thought-constructions and lacking objectification.”
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“To professors of Mayopamadvaya, "freedom from the four extremes" is [to know that] the characteristics are false, and [in reality] clear light. The following system had evidence for its beliefs.”
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“To know the emptiness of objects is to know emptiness free of appearance and free of coverings. That is the Middle Way from which the "subsequent" or conventional has been purged.”
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