That is, about a nine hundred years ago. Gampopa is another of the epithets of Dagpo Lharje. Several of his disciples went on to found the four 'major Kagyu lineages' . Their own disciples founded the 'eight minor lineages'. One of the standard reference works on the Kagyu tradition is Gampopa's Jewel Ornament of Liberation .
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In the Tibetan tradition, there are considered to have been 84 of these Mahasiddhas or 'great accomplished ones'. Tilopa was named for the til or sesame seeds that he pressed for oil that was sold for his livelihood. This great yogi is said to have mastered the teachings and techniques of four distinct transmissions. The third transmission came from Lawapa . Tilopa's advice to Naropa .