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'''Tiphupa''' was an [[India]]n [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] teacher from the 11th and 12th century who was considered to be the [[reincarnation|rebirth]] of '''Darma Dode''', son and student of [[Tibet]]an [[lama]] [[Marpa Lotsawa]]. When young Darma Dode died in an accident his father with the special abilities of a realized lama, managed to prolong his son's life for a while. It was enough time for Marpa to teach him how to transfer his consciousness into a dead body – in this case the body of a dead [[pigeon]]. Following the detailed instructions of the teacher, the pigeon flew to India and died next to a sixteen-year-old boy who had recently lost his life. Transferring again his consciousness, this time to the young boy's body, gave life to the Indian teacher Tiphupa (from Ti Phu – pigeon). When the boy returned home it was evident that Tiphupa was very different from who he had been before. He kept taking care of his aging parents as a normal son and they considered him as a [[guru]]. Tiphupa intensively practiced the methods taught by Marpa and others, and methods he received in India from [[Naropa]]’s students and other masters with the result that he reached realization as a [[mahasiddha]].  He became a famous teacher himself and gave numerous teachings to [[Milarepa]]’s student [[Rechungpa]]. Probably the most important of them for the future of the [[Kagyu]] lineage was the "nine-fold cycle of the bodiless  [[Dakini]]s".