Shavaripa

Śabara in Sanskrit or Shavaripa in Tibetan is Indian Buddhist teacher, one of the eighty-four Mahasiddhas, honored as being among the holders of the distant transmission of Mahamudra. He was a student of Nagarjuna and a teacher of Maitripa. He is one of the forefathers of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Books

Jampa Thaye (1990). Garland of Gold. UK: Ganesha. p. 128. ISBN 0950911933. 

Kalu Rinpoche (1986). The Dharma that Illuminates All Beings Like the Light of the Sun and the Moon. USA: State University of New York, Albany. ISBN 0-88706-156-7. 

Золотая Гирлянда - ранние учителя Кагью в Индии и Тибете, Лама Джампа Тхайе, Альмазный путь, 48.


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