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Attain enlightenment in one lifetime

Please be cautious that to "attain enlightenment in one lifetime" here should not be mistaken as to become fully enlightened (buddha). Attain enlightenment here should be referred as to be highly enlightened.

--> It IS for attaining FULL enlightenment in ONE lifetime. There is nothing to be mistaken here. [Flavio]

Name?

I'm not sure if Naropa is Sanskrit or not. It definitely seems to be what Tibetans called him, but I'm not sure if it is Tibetan. Sylvain1972 17:48, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

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ni gu ma ( b. 10th cent. )
Accomplished Women of the Shangpa Lineage "Niguma was Naropa's sister, or perhaps his wife. We don't know the exact relationship between them because the Tibetan text employs the term lcam mo which can mean either sister or wife."
Vajradhara Niguma Skt., Vimalashri born ca. 1025
Niguma Story
Niguma
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Austerlitz -- 88.75.198.208 (talk) 20:09, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Austerlitz -- 88.75.198.208 (talk) 20:26, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Naropa's age

Dear friends, Naropa cannot be 32 years older than his teacher due to biological reasons and because he actualy met him at around 30. (DiHri (talk) 11:07, 26 February 2010 (UTC)).[reply]

I support DiHri in his claim that the (956AD-1041AD) dates in the article are incorrect, However I see that the dates are wrong for an additional reason: Milarepa would have only been a 1 year old if Naropa had died in that year. Milarepa, a student of Marpa, was born 1040. To atone the bad deeds of his earlier years he was set many building tasks by Marpa before Marpa gave him teachings. After years of work then receiving teachings Milarepa then went into retreat twice. Marpa later set out to India from Tibet to seek Naropa, one last time to get the powa practice teachings that Milarepa needed. Therefore, it is clearly obvious that the dates used are incorrect. The dates presently used on this article refer to the dates which are recorded in the book 'The Wand that Opens the Eyes and Dispels the Darkness of Mind' (an abridged collection of biographies of Gyalwang Drukpas). The website of the Drukpa Council (http://www.drukpacouncil.org/fr/ressources/naropa/78-naropa) claim that these earlier dates presntly used by the article (956AD-1041AD) may be inaccurate citing that other sources claim the correct dates to be 1016-1100AD. In conclusion, the claims of DiHri have not been refuted, the present dates do not fit with the lifespans of either Marpa nor Milarepa and as the Drukpa Council suggest sources suggesting that the dates 1016-1100AD are correct I have great confidence that the earlier dates are incorrect and should be replaced to give Naropa's life to have been 1016-1100AD.Fountain Posters (talk) 00:39, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For Users requiring a reference to the exchanges between Naropa, Marpa and Milarapa (mentioned above) see: http://www.samye.org/mila4.htm Fountain Posters (talk) 01:00, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

https://publikationen.sulb.uni-saarland.de/bitstream/20.500.11880/27059/1/Laparoskopische%20Myomenukleationen.pdf