Chapter 9 - Phagmodrupa (ii): Prior incarnations

[Full title: Phagmodrupa (ii): phag mo gru pa’s prior incarnations]

The story (tshul) of the Lineage of siddhas (his former reincarnations): In the Sahajasiddhi and the Sahaja-Siddhipaddhati^[1] it is said: "In Oḍḍīyāna, a ṛṣi named 'gro ba dbugs 'byin. His follower Vīravajra (dpa' bo rdo rje). Then in succession: Samayavajra (dam tshig rdo rje), Padmavajra (pad ma'i rdo rje), Sahajavajra (lhan cig skyes pa'i rdo rje), Ānandavajra, the Weaver (tha ga pa dga' ba'i rdo rje), Vajrā, the brāhmaṇī (bram ze mo rdo rje), Siddhavajra, the Barber ('breg mkhan grub pa'i rdo rje), Sarvajagannātha (dpal ldan kun 'gro mgon po) and the yogin Cittavajra (thugs kyi rdo rje). The predecessors established in meditation their successors.

The last of the above, Cittavajra (thugs kyi rdo rje) established in the degree of realization (grub pa'i sa) the Lady Lakṣmīṅkarā, who established her own brother the king Indrabuddhi (Indrabhūti) in the degree of spiritual realization. In order to convert ḍākinīs, the king left behind a garment made of a blanket (la ba) and made his own body invisible. The ḍākinīs divided the blanket into pieces and consumed them. After that, the king transformed the ḍākinīs into sheep. The king (of the country, whose wives the ḍākinīs were) on learning this, requested the ācārya Indrabuddhi (to set them free). The ācārya made the ḍākinīs wear as a punishment (an attire, which consisted of a ring in the nose and blanket to cover the body, and which reminded one of a sheep). The ācārya again transformed the ḍākinīs into women^[2] . This Indrabuddhi, known as la ba pa, was to become dpal phag mo gru pa himself, as was admitted by himself.