Vajrāsana the latter, whose personal name was Amoghavajra (don yod rdo rje) was, like his teacher Mahāvajrāsana (rdo rje ldan pa chen po), an abbot of Vajrāsana in India. He was received teachings on Mahākaruṇa from Paiṇḍapātika (bsod snyoms pa) and from the paṇḍita Choton (chos ston) and passed them on to Bari Lotsāwa Rinchen Drak (ba ri lo tsA ba rin chen grags, 1040-1112), an important Sakya translator.
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Six Kagyu Teachers With Lineage
An important early Kagyu painting, possibly the earliest known depiction of the First Karmapa. The lineage depicted is likely the Shri Saraha Hevajra that passed into Tibet through Zhang Yudrakpa.
Bibliography
Khetsun Sangpo. 1973.Biographical Dictionary of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. Dharamsala: LTWA, Vol. 1, pp. 875.
Luczanits, Christian. Forthcoming. "Siddhas, Hierarchs, and Lineages: Three Examples for Dating Tibetan Art." In Jackson, David.Mirror of the Buddha. New York: Rubin Museum of Art.
Roerich, George, trans. 1996.The Blue Annals. 2nd ed. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas, p. 1020.