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Rwa Lotsawa (b.1016) is one of the most controversial Buddhist teachers in Tibetan history.

Was he a hero or a villain? His tradition boasts that he killed/murdered thirteen Lamas - many of them famous. Rwa Lotsawa is also responsible for popularizing many Vajrabhairava and Krishna Yamari traditions of practice.

Jeff Watt [updated 6-2017]

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Ra Lotsawa Dorje Drag:

Ra Lotsawa Dorje Drag, 1016-1198, (rwa lo tsA ba rdo rje grags) was born in 1016, in Nyenam, in a place called Nangyul (snye nam / gnya' nang snang yul), on one of the most important Nepali-Tibetan trade routes.

His father was Raton Konchog Dorje (rwa ston dkon mchog rdo rje) and h