Lawapa

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Lawapa or "Lavapa" (Tibetan: la ba pa; grub chen la ba pa; wa ba pa[1]) (10th century). Also known as Kambala and Kambalapada (Sanskrit: Kaṃbalapāda). Lawapa, a master who travelled to Tsari.[2] Lawapa was a progenitor of the Dream Yoga sadhana. Tilopa received the Dream Yoga from Lawapa.

Bhattacharya (2005: unpaginated) in discussing ancient Bengali Literature proffers that Kambalapāda (or Kambalāmbarapāda) composed Kambalagītika (Tibetan: la ba pa'i glu)[3] and a few songs in the Caryācaryavinizcaya.[4]

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[edit] A teaching story

In the "Blue Annals (Tibetan: deb ther sngon po): Book 9, The Contemplative Traditions of Kodrakpa and Niguma" it is narrated that Siddha khyung po rnal 'byor (Tibetan) went searching for Niguma, the sister of Naropa (1016-1100 CE), as she had seen Vajradhara. As Niguma had attained the 'Rainbow Body' (Tibetan: jalus) those with a pure mind might see her Sambhogakaya form where she had performed Ganachakra sadhana in Sosa Island, located in East India. When at Sosa Island, 'Siddha Khyungpo Naljor' (Tibetan: grub thob khyung po rnal 'byor) (990-1139 CE) had a dream:

He began to doubt that she [Niguma] was a ḍākinī of the flesh eating class, and while he was thinking so, she gazed skywards, and then numerous ḍākinīs gathered, and she created a maṇḍala, and bestowed on him the initiation of the illusory body[5] and the practice of dreams[6]. After that the dakini transported him to a distance of about three yojanas, and deposited him on the summit of a mountain of gold. There in a dream, rdo rje btsun mo[7] bestowed on him the Six Doctrines, and then again personally on three occasions the rdorje tshig rkan and the sgyu ma lam rim. Further, she expounded to him numerous Tantras and sādhanas. Niguma said to him: Except myself and Kambalapada no one else knows the precepts of the Six Doctrines. Till the seventh teacher of the Spiritual Lineage, this teaching should be transmitted down a single line (of teachers). These will be blessed by me, and I shall give them a prophecy. [8]

[edit] Principal teachers

The Tibetan Buddhism Resource Center (2006) identifies three principal teachers of Lawapa:

  • Anangavajra (Sanskrit; Tibetan: yan lag med pa'i rdo rje)
  • (Tibetan: Deng ki pa)
  • Vajravarahi (Sanskrit; Tibetan: rdo rje phag mo).[9]

[edit] Principal students

The Tibetan Buddhism Resource Center (2006) identifies two principal students of Lawapa:

  • (Tibetan: nag po spyod pa)
  • (Tibetan: indra bhu ti).[10]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Wa ba pa" (Tibetan) holds the semantic field "the one with goitre". Source: [1] (accessed: January 30, 2008).
  2. ^ Dharma Dictionary (2008). la ba pa. Source: [2] (accessed: January 29, 2008)
  3. ^ Source: [3] (accessed: January 30, 2008)
  4. ^ Bhattacharya, Tanmoy (2005). Literature in Ancient Bengal. Source: [4] (accessed: January 30, 2008)
  5. ^ Tibetan: sgyu lus
  6. ^ NB: these ¬are two sections of the Six Doctrines of Nāropa.
  7. ^ Vajrayośi, Vajravārahi, here Niguma
  8. ^ Blue Annals (Draft). Source: [5] (accessed: January 30, 2008)
  9. ^ The Tibetan Buddhism Resource Center (2006). kambha la pa. Source: [6] (accessed: January 30, 2008)
  10. ^ The Tibetan Buddhism Resource Center (2006). kambha la pa. Source: [7] (accessed: January 30, 2008)
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