Mah\u0101siddha Vir\u016bpa, the Lord of Yogins who lived in medieval India, received the Lamdr\u00e9 (Path and Its Result) instructions directly from the female buddha Vajra Nair\u0101tmy\u0101, the consort of the tutelary deity \u015ar\u012b Hevajra. He set forth these instructions in the Vajra Verses, which explicate the path to and result of perfect enlightenment, and the view of the inseparability of sa\u1e43s\u0101ra and nirv\u0101\u1e47a. He is thus considered the historical founder of the Lamdr\u00e9, which after several generations was transmitted to the Sakya masters and became Sakya\u2019s core system of teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born a Bengali prince, he renounced worldly life. He received ordination and the name \u015ar\u012b Dharmap\u0101la (Glorious Dharma Protector). While serving as the abbot of N\u0101land\u0101 University in India, he practiced and taught the common Buddhist teachings during the day; at night, he practiced the uncommon or esoteric Mantray\u0101na teachings that he had received from the prior abbot. But after many years, he became discouraged because he had no attainments and experienced illness and bad dreams. He threw his mala (prayer beads) in the latrine and gave up his esoteric practice. Vajra Nair\u0101tmy\u0101, however, then appeared to him in the form of a blue lady. She explained that she was his karmic link deity, initiated him into the \u015ar\u012b Hevajra ma\u1e47\u1e0dala, and bestowed instructions. He progressed rapidly along the bodhisattva bh\u016bmis. He now recognized that his prior bad experiences were actually the clearing of obstacles and dawning of wisdom. In gratitude, he offered a ritual feast and engaged in behavior that caused controversy among N\u0101land\u0101\u2019s monks. He offered back his monastic robes and, wearing a cotton loincloth and taking on a wild appearance, became known as Vir\u016bpa or the ugly one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir\u016bpa caused the Ganges river to reverse its flow and provide him a pathway, arousing faith in the N\u0101land\u0101 monks who doubted him. But he declined their request to return to N\u0101land\u0101. Instead, he meditated and traveled throughout India, performing many miracles, arousing many people\u2019s faith in the Triple Gem, and causing non-Buddhists to give up animal sacrifices and other non-virtuous practices. In one of his renowned displays of spiritual accomplishment, Vir\u016bpa caused the sun to stop moving across the sky for almost three days so that the tavern where he was drinking beer would have to stay open and keep serving him. His behavior, while sometimes unconventional and not to be imitated by ordinary individuals, demonstrated his transcendence of phenomena and dualistic views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir\u016bpa\u2019s two foremost disciples were \u1e0combi Heruka, who was guided by instructions on the instantaneous path, and K\u0101\u1e47ha, who was guided by instructions on the gradual path. Vir\u016bpa\u2019s Lamdr\u00e9 instructions were passed down from teacher to student for several generations in India. In the eleventh century, the Indian masters Viravajra and Gay\u0101dhara transmitted the instructions to the first Tibetan lineage holder Drokmi Lots\u0101wa. In turn, Drokmi taught Sakya monastery\u2019s founder, Kh\u00f6n K\u00f6nchok Gyalpo\u2014establishing Sakya\u2019s connection to Vir\u016bpa\u2019s Lamdr\u00e9 teachings.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":5255,"template":"","rank":[],"biography_categories":[183,172,109],"biography_subcategories":[],"biographies_historical":[304,303],"biography_keywords":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakyatradition.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biographies\/2959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakyatradition.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biographies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakyatradition.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biographies"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakyatradition.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakyatradition.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rank","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakyatradition.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rank?post=2959"},{"taxonomy":"biography_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakyatradition.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography_categories?post=2959"},{"taxonomy":"biography_subcategories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakyatradition.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography_subcategories?post=2959"},{"taxonomy":"biographies_historical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakyatradition.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biographies_historical?post=2959"},{"taxonomy":"biography_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakyatradition.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography_keywords?post=2959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}