Bibliography
A mgon rin po che. 2004. Rje btsun mar pa'i rnam thar. In 'Bri gung bka' brgyud chos mdzod chen mo, vol. 46, pp. 117-193. Lhasa. TBRC W00JW501203.
Anon. 1970 (1771). Sgra bsgyur chen po mar pa'i rnam par thar pa. In 'Ba' ra bka' brgyud gser 'phreng chen mo, vol. 1, pp. 149-202. Dehra Dun: Ngawang gyeltsen and ngawang lungtok. TBRC W19231.
Anon. 1975-1978 (1771). Sgra bsgyur mar pa lo ts+tsha'i rnam par thar pa. In Rwa lung dkar brgyud gser 'phreng, vol. 1, pp. 137-166. Sansal: Pelpung sungrab nyamso khang.
Bacot, Jacques. 1937. La vie de Marpa le traducteur: suivie d'un chapitre de l'Avandana de l'oiseau Nilakantha. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
Bde chen rdo rje. 1973. Skyes mchog mar pa lo tsA'i thar. In Dkar brgyud gser 'phreng, pp. 137-188. Sansal: Pelpung sungrab nyamso khang. TBRC W23436.
Bsod nams rgya mtsho. N.d. Mnga' bdag mar pa lo tsA'i rnam thar. In Bka' brgyud chos 'byung nor bu'i phreng ba, vol. 1, pp. 15-17. TBRC W1KG4232.
Bsod nams rin chen. 1976. Rje mar pa dang rje btsun mi la'i rnam thar. In Gsung 'bum / sgam po pa, vol. 1, pp. 16-26. Delhi: Shashin. TBRC W23444. See also TBRC W23439
Chos grags ye shes. 2009. Mnga' bdag lo tsA ba chen po'i bstod pa dad pa'i 'brug sgra sogs. In Gsung 'bum / chos grags ye shes, vol. 4, 161-165. Beijing: Krung go'i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang. TBRC W1KG4876.
Chos kyi 'byung gnas. 1990. Lho brag mar pa lo tsA ba chos kyi blo bros. In Gsung 'bum / chos kyi 'byung gnas, vol. 11, pp. 55-63. Sansal: Pelpung sungrab nyamso khang. TBRC W26630.
Davidson, Ronald M. 2005. Tibetan Renaissance: Tantric Buddhism in the Rebirth of Tibetan Culture. New York: Columbia University Press.
Decleer, Hubert. 2004. “Mar pa.” In Lindsay Jones, ed., Encyclopedia of Religion. Second edition. New York: Macmillan Reference, pp. 5715-5716.
Dpa' bo gtsug lag phreng ba. 2010 (1563). Rje btsun mar pa'i rnam par thar pa grub pa'i ngo mtshar brjod pa. Varanasi: Bi dyA dpe mdzod khang.
Ducher, Cécile. 2017. Building a Tradition: The Lives of Mar-pa the Translator. Munich: Indus Verlag.
Gtsang smyon he ru ka. 1970. Sgra bsgyur mar pa lo tsA'i rnam par thar pa mthong ba don yod. Varanasi: E. Kalsang.
Gtsang smyon he ru ka rus pa'i rgyan can. 2004. Mar pa'i rnam thar mthong ba don yod. In 'Bri gung bka' brgyud chos mdzod chen mo, vol. 6, pp. 291-526. Lhasa. TBRC W00JW501203.
'Jam dbyangs chos kyi blo gros. 1981. Mnga' bdag mar pa lo tsA'i bla ma'i rnal 'byor. In Gsung 'bum / 'jam dbyangs chos kyi blo gros, vol. 1, pp. 431-433. Gangtok: Dzongsar khyentse labrang. TBRC W21813.
Khu byug. 2004. Mar pas mai tri pa las klu sgrub dang zla ba'i dgongs bzhed tshul bzhin du zhus pa. In Bod kyi dbu ma'i lta ba'i 'chad nyan dar tshul blo gsal mig 'byed, pp. 11-29. Beijing: Krung go'i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang. TBRC W28813.
Mi nyag mgon po et. al. 1996. Mar pa lo tsA ba chos kyi blo gros kyi rnam thar mdor bsdus. In Gangs can mkhas dbang rim byon gyi rnam thar mdor bsdus, vol. 2, pp. 14-16. Beijing: Krung go'i bod kyi shes rig dpe skrun khang. TBRC W25268.
Mkha' spyod dbang po. 14th. c. Mar pa'i rnam thar gsang ba mdzod kyi lde mig. W2CZ7978.
Nālandā Translation Committee, tr. 1986. The Life of Marpa the Translator. Boston: Shambhala Publications.
Pad+ma 'phrin las snying po and Karma bde chen. 2010. Mar mi dwags gsum gyi bla ma'i rnal 'byor thig le skor gsum gyi sngon rjes kyi spyi chings rdo rje'i drwa ba. In Gsung 'bum / pad+ma 'phrin las snying po, vol. 1, pp. 272-279. Chengdu: Gzu dgon rig gzhung nyams gso khang. TBRC W1KG5787.
'Phrin las rgya mtsho . 2009. Chos kyi blo gros kyi rnam thar. In Bla ma brgyud pa'i rnam thar ngo mtshar zla ba'i me long, vol. 1, pp. 53-75. Plouray: Drukpa plouray.
Phun tshogs tshe ring. 2003. Sgrub brgyud bstan pa'i bdag po mar pa lo tsA'i skor. In Chos 'byung mkhas pa'i dgongs rgyan, pp. 138-142. Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang. TBRC W25995.
Quintman, Andrew, tr. 2010. The Life of Milarepa. New York: Penguin Classics.
Rin chen dpal. 1972. Mar pa chos kyi blo gros kyi rnam thar. In Bka' brgyud yid bzhin nor bu yi 'phreng ba, vol. 106-174. Leh: S.W. Tashigangpa. TBRC W23181.
Roerich, George N. 1976. The Blue Annals. 2d ed. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.
Tshe dbang rgyal. 1994. Dam paʼi chos kyi byung baʼi legs bshad Lho-rong chos ʼbyung ngam Rta tshag chos ʼbyuṅ zhes rtsom paʼi yul ming du chags paʼi ngo mtshar zhing dkon paʼi dpe khyad par can bzhugs so. Lhasa: Bod ljongs Bod yig Dpe rnying Dpe skrun khang.
Wylie, Turrell. "Marpa's Tower: Notes on Local Hegemons in Tibet." History of Religions 3 (1964): 278-91.
Ye shes chos dar. 1972. Mar pa lo tsA'i rnam thar. In Dwags po bka' brgyud kyi ring lugs dri ma med pa'i tshul cung zad gleng ba, pp. 11-29. Varanasi: Wa na legs bshad gter mdzod khang. TBRC W00KG09748.