![]() ![]() Tilopa asked for more and so Naropa went again to the wedding reception, thinking that it would please his Guru. Once Naropa received a lot of vegetables from a wedding celebration and he offered them to Tilopa. During all these times Naropa had no conceptual thoughts or doubts about Tilopa’s realization. Tilopa sometimes manifested as a yogi by performing yogic deeds and sometimes just seemed to be a simple madman. When Naropa thought to himself, “Is this yogi Tilopa?” the old man answered: “Yes! Yes!” When Naropa thought “Is this yogi someone other than Tilopa?” the old man replied: “No! No!” At that point, he realized that this old man was Tilopa. The old man became angry and struck Naropa without saying anything. Following after him, he prostrated at his feet and begged him to teach. Naropa then knew that the old man was a realized siddha. The old man responded: “If you don’t like it, just throw these roasted fish leftovers into the water!” Upon putting the roasted fish remains into water, they came to life and swam away in all directions. Naropa was unable to persuade him not to roast the fish alive, and the other monks jumped up and began to run towards the old man to stop him from killing. While in the monastery kitchen, a vile and filthy old man came in and roasted many live fish in the glowing fire. One day, Naropa was at a monastery in the eastern region. He traveled to the eastern regions and searched for Tilopa everywhere, but Tilopa was nowhere to be found. Go before him and you will attain great siddhi!” Naropa searches for his teacher Tilopa At some point, some dakinis encouraged him to leave by saying, “In the east is Tilopa. During this time, he practiced the vajrayana tantric meditation of Cakrasamvara every evening and had many sacred visions of the dakinis. He taught at the universities and became one of the most well-known abbots of the time. He was honored for this accomplishment by being made the “Northern Gatekeeper” of Nalanda and Vikramashila universities. Naropa, who had been a tirthika pandita became instead the most learned pandita in the Buddha-dharma. Naropa then went to Madhyadesha where he became an ordained monk in the Buddhist order, becoming educated in the Buddhist teachings. He became very inspired by the teachings and his heart filled with devotion for the dharma. ![]() After the Buddhist pandita departed, Naropa found a volume of Sutras left behind by him and began to read them. During this time, Naropa went to the house of a woman who sold beer and encountered a junior Buddhist pandita. His father was Shantivarman and mother, Shrimati.Īccording to Taranatha, from an early age, he began to receive a complete education and became a tirthika pandit (scholar of non-buddhist teachings), also practicing the tantras of Hindusim. Naropa, known as Abhayakirti (‘jig med grags pa) Jnanasiddhi, was born in Kashmir into the Brahmin caste, according to Taranatha and other sources, who say that he was born in a place called Jambu (Shrinagar, according to Guenther) in eastern part of India. Please follow the Facebook and YouTube pages for more details and announcements.Naropa was a great scholar and master of Mahamudra. Sarvavid Vairochana puja on April 5 to 7. ![]()
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