Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po)
by George N. Roerich | 1949 | 382,646 words | ISBN-10: 8120804716 | ISBN-13: 9788120804715
This page relates ‘Mind instruction lineage (iv): nam mkha' bsod nams pa’ of the Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po)—An important historical book from the 15th century dealing with Tibetan Buddhism and details the spiritual doctrine and lineages of religious teachers in Tibet. This chapter belongs to Book 8 (The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)).
Chapter 23 - Mind instruction lineage (iv): nam mkha' bsod nams pa
The satpuruṣa (skyes bu dam pa) nam mkha' bsod nams pa was a disciple of these two. He obtained the hidden precepts from these two holy teachers and practised them. He went for a short while to the Upper valley of rkyang to practise gcod.
While he was sitting at the foot of a tree, which was dreaded (by local people), the understanding of the "Great Seal" (Mahāmudra) was born in him. Henceforth he removed all mental images connected with this worldly life, and spent his time in meditation without leaving his mat at the rock of bsag mo. He was born in the year Earth Male Horse (sa pho rta, 1378 A.D.) when the mahā guru rin gzhon pa was forty-six. He died at the age of eighty-nine in the year Fire Male Dog (me pho khyi, 1466 A.D.).