Chapter 6 - First incarnation series (ix): nam mkha' rgyal mtshan

[Full title: Incarnation series (ix): nam mkha' rgyal mtshan (mkha' spyod pa)]

One known as the ngom ascetic nam mkha' rgyal mtshan was distinguished by a profound trance. His labours were great. He was a disciple of the Dharmasvāmin mthong ba don ldan pa. In the beginning he shot an arrow at a stag which was standing on the other side of a mountain, having rested his knee on a boulder and the stag was killed. It was said that imprints appeared on the boulder. Later he was immured in a monastery and spent his time meditating. Once the monks discovered that his cell was empty. They peeped through a crack in the door, and discovered that he had proceeded to Heaven without leaving behind his physical body, and had left behind his vestments only. He thus became known as mkha' spyod pa or "Heaven gone."

When the Emperor ye dben (Yün wên) had sent tha'i skyam chen po as Imperial Envoy, and had invited Virūpa from Southern India, it was told, that (mkha' spyod pa) went along as an attendant of Virūpa, wearing a mantle, to the roof of the Imperial Palace of China.