The lineage of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism begins with Tilopa, who is said to have received the teachings of Mahamudra directly from the buddha Vajradhara. Tilopa expressed his realization in the form of spiritual songs, pithy yet beautiful poems that he sang spontaneously. In this...

This is a compilation of eight mahamudra songs that are to be found within the bsTangyur, with a minimal commentary that divides some of the songs into themed parts. A section of this book is devoted to Dohas of Tilopa. Traditional dates Tilopa as given in the Tibetan sixty-year cycle, are...

This is a translation of a biography by Wangchuck Gyaltsen. It is a straight translation with no commentary.

All lineages of Mahamudra meditation have their source in a verse teaching—a “song of realization”—sung by the Mahasiddha Tilopa to his disciple Naropa on the banks of the Ganges River more than a thousand years ago. Since that time, the meaning of Tilopa’s...

There are 17 teachings by Tilopa that are found in the Tibetan Tengyur and this is one of them translated by Torricelli. The Dohākosas of Tilopa, and Saraha (contained in that manuscript dating back to the 12-13th century) were published together with their Sanskrit translation (chaya) in the...

There are 17 teachings by Tilopa recorded in the Tibetan Tengyur. This is one of the 17 translated by Torricelli. The Tibetan text of the Vajraḍākinīniṣkāyadharma (VḌNDh) or ‘Doctrines of the Incorporeal Adamantine Ḍākinīs’ can be read also in the bDe mchog snyan...