About Maitripada

Maitrīpāda, was a prominent Indian Buddhist Mahasiddha associated with the Mahāmudrā transmission. His teachers were Shavaripa and Naropa. His students include Atisha, Marpa, Vajrapani, Karopa, Natekara, Devākaracandra, and Rāmapāla. His hermitage was Mithilā, somewhere in northern Bihar and neighboring parts of southern Nepal. He was influential as the major source of the teachings of mahamudra for Tibetan Buddhism.
Dombi Heruka or Dombipa was one of the eighty-four mahasiddhas and student of Virupa. He is usually depicted riding a tiger and holding a snake.

Mahasiddhas – The Siddhi of perfection

15
Jul
2022
Himalayan Art, Vajrayāna
is a term for someone who embodies and cultivates the "siddhi of perfection". A siddha is an individual who, through the practice of sādhanā, attains the realization of siddhis, psychic and spiritual abilities and powers. Mahasiddhas were practitioners of yoga and tantra, or tantrikas. The Mahasiddhas are the founders of Vajrayana traditions and lineages such as Dzogchen and Mahamudra. There is a symbiotic relationship between Tantric Buddhist communities and the Buddhist monastic university such as Nalanda .
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Interpreting Indian Adept Avadhutipa – Maitripa

5
May
2020
Art, Himalayan Art, Thangka
Avadhutipa is also known as Maitripa who is an important figure both in and . It is through him that and ’s crucial on nature, the Uttara , became widely followed in . He also transmitted the esoteric aspect of buddha nature, embodied in the , which treat the topic of in great detail and provide a wide range of progressive, highly-refined . The life of the Indian .
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