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According to tradition, the Tai Situpas are regarded as emanations of the bodhisattva Maitreya, who will become the next Buddha in this fortunate eon of a thousand Buddhas. Maitreya currently resides in the Tushita-heaven and is said to incarnate himself on earth at the appropriate time.
The Situpas before being so named is said to have first manifested as Lotsawa Marpa of Lodrak, the disciple of Naropa and master of Milarepa. Marpa is regarded as both an emanation of Maitreya and of Hevajra. The emanation then became Drogön Rechen (1088-1158) as one of the heart sons of Düsum Khyenpa, the first Gyalwa Karmapa. Naljor Yeshe Wangpo (1220-1281) and Rigowa Ratnabhadra (1281-1343) continued as the next two emanations before the Tai Situpas were established. The Situpas are closely associated with Guru Rinpoche, and is referred to in his predictions.
