48Dharmapa

Dharmapa was a scholar in Bodhinagara who preached without practicing. When he grew older and was losing his sight, a thought occurred to him: “Would it not be fitting that I meet with a guru?” Later, a dakini spoke to him in a dream, giving him encouragement and initiation together with instructions.

For 5 years he recited mantras and practiced the precepts which developed into realized knowledge, and his body became like that of an 8 year old. He worked for the benefit of living beings until finally he went to the realm of the Dakas.

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