Chapter 6 - First incarnation series (v): u rgyan pa

His disciple was the Mahasiddha u rgyan pa. On coming to 'tshur phu, he became a disciple of the Dharmasvāmin kar ma pa, and heard from him the (exposition) of many hidden precepts. At a later date, he became the guide ('dren pa) of the next rebirth (of kar ma pa /rang byung rdo rje/). His greatness will be described in the chapter on the 'brug pa (sub-sect). His disciple was the Dharmasvāmin rang byung ba.

The Dharmasvāmin kar ma pa shi (3rd day of the third month of the year Water-Female-Sheep (chu mo lug 1283 A.D.). He performed the rite of transference of the conscious principle ('gron 'jug)^[1] at stod lungs 'phar tshan (into the body of a boy who had died). The boy’s parents thought that the boy having died, it was improper to return him to life again, therefore the parents pierced the boy’s eye with a needle, and so the omens did not agree (i.e. He did not succeed to incarnate in this body).

Then the Dharmasvāmin in the form of a being of the Intermediate Stage (bar do ba) proceeded towards tsa'i phu gangs zhur mo, the birth place of the Venerable mid la, and was initiated into the Maṇḍala of the 62 deities of Śrī-Saṃvara. After that, he perceived the womb of (his future) mother as a crystal palace.

Recollected and controlled he settled in it and thoughts of distress did not arise in him.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

para-kāya-praveśa