Vajradhara with 84 Mahasiddhas
 ~buddhistdharma.net
(Nyingma)
In the above image, associated with the
Nyingma "Long Transmission" lineage, the central figure, Great Vajradhara, is
flanked by bodhisattvas Sukhanatha and Ratnamati.
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Collection of related images at
HimalayanArt.org
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Gorakhpur, City of 84 Mahasiddhas: online article
at Levenkunst (the art of life)http://levekunst.com/the-city-of-mahasiddhas/
[please paste into your own Search engine]
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Historical and social context: Introduction to
Masters of Mahamudra, Keith Dowman, 1984.
Kagyu Transmission
According to Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, (Toronto, Aug 2009) the
84 male and female Mahasiddhas are direct emanations of Vajradhara, just as
expressed by the Mahamudra lineage prayer.
Some, such as Tilopa, Naropa, Nagarjuna and a few others, are considered of
greater accomplishment than the rest.
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Series of initiation cards (Tib. tsakli) courtesy
Shechen Archives at HimalayanArt.org. Taranatha (b. 1575)
states that the set had been produced especially for Takten, later
known as Ganden, Monastery.
These Mahasiddhas can be invoked through ritual practice and by
recitation of mantra as a group or individually after
empowerment and
instruction from a lineage master. Visualized* as a great lotus, they display
as sets:
| |
I |
|
II |
| 1. |
Luipa |
9. |
Goraksha |
| 2. |
Lilapa |
10. |
Chaurangipa |
| 3. |
Birupa (Virupa) |
11. |
Vinapa |
| 4. |
Dombi Heruka |
12. |
Shantipa |
| 5. |
Shavaripa |
13. |
Tantipa |
| 6. |
Saraha |
14. |
Chamaripa |
| 7. |
Kankarepa |
15. |
Khadgapa |
| 8. |
Minapa |
16. |
Nagarjuna |
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17. |
Kaneha (Krishnacharya) |
| |
|
18. |
Kamaripa (Aryadeva) |
| |
|
19. |
Taganapa |
| |
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20. |
Naropa |
| |
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21. |
Shyalipa |
| |
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22. |
Tilopa |
| |
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23. |
Chatrapa |
| |
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24. |
Bhadrapa |
| |
III |
|
IV |
|
V |
| 25. |
Dukhandipa |
45. |
Kamparipa |
65. |
Manibhadra |
| |
Ajokipa |
|
Jalandhara |
|
Mekhala |
| |
Kalapa |
|
Rahula |
|
Kanakhala |
| |
Dhobipa |
|
Dharmapa (Gharbari) |
|
Kilakilapa |
| |
Kankanapa |
|
Dhokaripa |
|
Kantalipa |
| |
Kambala (Lavapa) |
|
Medhini |
|
Dhahulipa |
| |
Dengipa |
|
Pankajapa |
|
Udhilipa |
| |
Bhandepa |
|
Ghantapa |
|
Kapalapa |
| |
Tantepa |
|
Jogipa |
|
Kirapalapa |
| |
Kukkuripa |
|
Chelukapa |
|
Sakara |
| |
Kuchipa |
|
Godhuripa |
|
Sarvabhaksa |
| |
Dhamapa |
|
Luchikapa |
|
Nagabodhi |
| |
Mahipa |
|
Nirgunapa |
|
Darikapa |
| |
Achinta |
|
Jayananda |
|
Putalipa |
| |
Babhaha |
|
Pacharipa |
|
Pahanapa |
| |
Nalinapa |
|
Champaka |
|
Kokilipa |
| |
Bhusuku (Shantideva) |
|
Bhikshanapa |
|
Anangapa |
| |
Indrabhuti |
|
Dhilipa |
|
Lakshminkara |
| |
Mekopa |
|
Kumbharipa |
|
Samudrapa |
| |
Kotalipa |
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Charbaripa |
|
Vyalipa |
Are There Any More?
Khenpo Tsultrim . . . asked if there were still mahasiddhas in
India to[da]y . . . replied that he thought so. He told a story
about a contemporary Indian man whose wife was sick. He met a yogi and asked him
to cure his wife. The yogi cut some flesh from a corpse, wrapped it in a cloth
and told the man not to open it until he was at his wife's bedside. When he
arrived there, he opened the cloth and inside was a flower with a beautiful
scent [which] . . . cured his wife's disease. ~ Bernie
Simon's blog, "The Careless Hand," May 28/09 entry.
*visualized: This is a
higher tantric practice. It is taught only through direct
transmission. Therefore the stages, steps and details are not revealed
here.
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