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SUMMARY:The Ngok Lineage: The Little-known Successors of Marpa Lotsaba (10
 00?–1081?\, Tib. Mar pa lo tsā ba) and their Influence in Central and E
 astern Tibet during the Early Second Millennium
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DESCRIPTION:Guest Lecture by Cécile Ducher (Paris)\n\nThe lecture is avai
 lable live at Zoom. Please pre-register until 24 November 2021\, 12 pm.\n\
 nThe spread of Buddhism to Central Asia in the early second Millennium\, a
 nd particularly the introduction of Tibetan tantric traditions from the La
 ter Spread (Tib. phyi dar) within the Tangut State is one of the fields st
 udied at the CERES. This presentation aims to give insights into one of th
 ese traditions\, the Ngokpa Kagyü (Tib. rNgog pa bKa’ brgyud)\, that pl
 ayed an important role in Central Tibet in the 12th and 13th centuries\, a
 nd is now shown to have had some influence on the Tangut Buddhist culture.
  Ngok Chödor (1023–1090\, Tib. rNgog Chos rdor) was one of Marpa Lotsab
 a’s (1000?–1081?\, Tib. Mar pa lo tsā ba) four main disciples\, along
  with Milarépa (1040–1136\, Tib. Mi la ras pa)\, whose disciple Gampopa
  (1079–1153\, Tib. sGam po pa) had many disciples who gave rise to the v
 arious Kagyü (Tib. bKa’ brgyud) sub-schools (one of them\, the Barom Ka
 gyü (Tib. ’Ba’ rom bka’ bgryud) and its representative\, Tishri Ré
 pa (1164/65–1236\, Tib. Ti shri Ras pa)\, was especially active among th
 e Tanguts). Chödor had a son\, Ngok Dodé (1078–1154\, Tib. rNgog mDo s
 de)\, who became Marpa’s main successor and established the Ngok traditi
 on as the legitimate holder of Marpa’s teaching\, in the form of a famil
 y lineage based in Central Tibet. Several of his successors travelled to E
 astern Tibet and may have at that time encountered Tangut disciples who la
 ter spread the Ngok approach in their country.\n\nThe presentation will be
  divided into two main parts. First\, some elements of the history of the 
 Ngok lineage will be shared with the hope to shed some light on how the Ng
 ok tradition may have entered the Tangut State and how influent it was at 
 that time in Tibet in general. Then\, the main transmissions taught and pr
 acticed in the Ngok lineage\, the so-called ‘seven maṇḍalas of the N
 gok\,’ will be presented\, with a particular emphasis on what characteri
 zes each of these tantric teachings and the main features of its iconograp
 hy.\n\n\nCécile Ducher is a Tibetologist and independent researcher assoc
 iated with the Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l’Asie orien
 tale (CRCAO) in Paris. She specialises in the study of religious history a
 nd Tantric Buddhism\, particularly of the Marpa Kagyü tradition. Her rece
 nt publications include Cécile Ducher\, "Building a Tradition: the Lives 
 of Mar-pa the Translator" (Munich: Indus Verlag\, 2017)\; Cécile Ducher\,
  "A Neglected bKa' brgyud Lineage: the rNgog from gZhung and the rNgog pa 
 bka' brgyud Transmission\," In "Mahāmudrā in India and Tibet".\, ed. Rog
 er Jackson and Klaus-Dieter Mathes\, 142–169 (Leiden\, Boston: Brill\, 2
 020).\n\n\nTo join the lecture\, please register here https://ruhr-uni-boc
 hum.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5ckdOCspzgtHtE3ArC5wooVH3Qivp6J3YbZ
LOCATION:Online Event
URL:https://buddhistroad.ceres.rub.de/en/events/rngog-lineage-little-known
 -successors-mar-pa--en-1/
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