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[[Mahasiddha Vinapa]]… [[Vīnapa]] / [[Vīnapāda]] ([[pi vang pa]]): “The [[Lute Player]]”/”[[The Music Lover]]” | [[Mahasiddha Vinapa]]… [[Vīnapa]] / [[Vīnapāda]] ([[pi vang pa]]): “The [[Lute Player]]”/”[[The Music Lover]]” | ||
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[[Vinapa]] was the only son of the [[King]] of Gauda who loved the [[sound]] of {{Wiki|music}}. He pestered the court musicians until they agreed to teach him to play the tambura, a four string instrument; and later the [[vina]], a seven string instrument. He loved playing the [[vina]] so much that he could hardly bear to set it down to take a few morsels of [[food]]. However, his {{Wiki|obsession}} worried his [[parents]] and the court for he is the heir to the [[throne]]. His [[parents]] then summoned a highly trained [[yogin]] called Buddhapa in [[Wikipedia:Hope|hopes]] he could wean the {{Wiki|prince}} away from {{Wiki|music}}. | [[Vinapa]] was the only son of the [[King]] of Gauda who loved the [[sound]] of {{Wiki|music}}. He pestered the court musicians until they agreed to teach him to play the tambura, a four string instrument; and later the [[vina]], a seven string instrument. He loved playing the [[vina]] so much that he could hardly bear to set it down to take a few morsels of [[food]]. However, his {{Wiki|obsession}} worried his [[parents]] and the court for he is the heir to the [[throne]]. His [[parents]] then summoned a highly trained [[yogin]] called Buddhapa in [[Wikipedia:Hope|hopes]] he could wean the {{Wiki|prince}} away from {{Wiki|music}}. | ||
| − | At their first meeting, the {{Wiki|prince}} [[recognized]] Buddhapa as his [[master]] and prostrated to the [[yogin]]. They then sat down to speak deeply about [[life]] and [[death]] and all that lies between and beyond. [[Knowing]] that the {{Wiki|prince}} is ready for [[spiritual]] training, the [[yogin]] asked if the {{Wiki|prince}} was ready to take a [[sadhanas]]. The {{Wiki|prince}} replied, “My {{Wiki|music}} is my [[sadhanas]], [[venerable]] [[yogin]]. Nothing matters to me but my [[vina]] and the [[sound]] of the tambura. The only [[sadhanas]] I would practice is one that I could learn without [[abandoning]] {{Wiki|music}}.” So Buddhapa taught the {{Wiki|prince}} a musical [[sadhanas]] whereupon he initiated the {{Wiki|prince}} and instructed him to [[meditate]] continuously upon the [[sound]] of the instrument but he must free himself of all {{Wiki|distinction}} between the [[sound]] that is struck and what the [[mind]] [[perceives]], to cease all interference with the [[sound]], [[conceptualizing]], critical and judgemental [[thought]], and to [[contemplate]] only on [[pure]] [[sound]]. | + | At their first meeting, the {{Wiki|prince}} [[recognized]] Buddhapa as his [[master]] and prostrated to the [[yogin]]. They then sat down to speak deeply about [[life]] and [[death]] and all that lies between and beyond. [[Knowing]] that the {{Wiki|prince}} is ready for [[spiritual]] {{Wiki|training}}, the [[yogin]] asked if the {{Wiki|prince}} was ready to take a [[sadhanas]]. The {{Wiki|prince}} replied, “My {{Wiki|music}} is my [[sadhanas]], [[venerable]] [[yogin]]. Nothing matters to me but my [[vina]] and the [[sound]] of the tambura. The only [[sadhanas]] I would practice is one that I could learn without [[abandoning]] {{Wiki|music}}.” So Buddhapa [[taught]] the {{Wiki|prince}} a musical [[sadhanas]] whereupon he [[initiated]] the {{Wiki|prince}} and instructed him to [[meditate]] continuously upon the [[sound]] of the instrument but he must free himself of all {{Wiki|distinction}} between the [[sound]] that is struck and what the [[mind]] [[perceives]], to cease all interference with the [[sound]], [[conceptualizing]], critical and judgemental [[thought]], and to [[contemplate]] only on [[pure]] [[sound]]. |
| − | The {{Wiki|prince}} practiced the [[percepts]] he had been taught for 9 years and [[attained]] the state of mahamudra-siddhi. | + | The {{Wiki|prince}} practiced the [[percepts]] he had been [[taught]] for 9 years and [[attained]] the [[state]] of mahamudra-siddhi. |
| − | He performed wondrous [[deeds]]. He could foretell the {{Wiki|future}}, read people’s [[thought]], and appear in more than one place at the same [[time]]. It was said that he had gained his [[siddhi]] directly from the [[deity]] [[Hevajra]] himself. All his long [[life]] he taught multitudes of [[beings]] how to find release from the bonds of [[existence]], and when he completed his task, he was assumed into the [[Paradise of the Dakinis]]. | + | He performed wondrous [[deeds]]. He could foretell the {{Wiki|future}}, read people’s [[thought]], and appear in more than one place at the same [[time]]. It was said that he had gained his [[siddhi]] directly from the [[deity]] [[Hevajra]] himself. All his long [[life]] he [[taught]] multitudes of [[beings]] how to find [[release]] from the bonds of [[existence]], and when he completed his task, he was assumed into the [[Paradise of the Dakinis]]. |
{{R}}[http://blog.tsemtulku.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/vajradhara-and-84-mahasiddhas.html blog.tsemtulku.com] | {{R}}[http://blog.tsemtulku.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/vajradhara-and-84-mahasiddhas.html blog.tsemtulku.com] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:46, 30 November 2015
ཝཱི་ཎཱ་པ།; Vīṇāpa; Vinapa; The Musician;
Mahasiddha Vinapa… Vīnapa / Vīnapāda (pi vang pa): “The Lute Player”/”The Music Lover”
Vinapa was the only son of the King of Gauda who loved the sound of music. He pestered the court musicians until they agreed to teach him to play the tambura, a four string instrument; and later the vina, a seven string instrument. He loved playing the vina so much that he could hardly bear to set it down to take a few morsels of food. However, his obsession worried his parents and the court for he is the heir to the throne. His parents then summoned a highly trained yogin called Buddhapa in hopes he could wean the prince away from music.
At their first meeting, the prince recognized Buddhapa as his master and prostrated to the yogin. They then sat down to speak deeply about life and death and all that lies between and beyond. Knowing that the prince is ready for spiritual training, the yogin asked if the prince was ready to take a sadhanas. The prince replied, “My music is my sadhanas, venerable yogin. Nothing matters to me but my vina and the sound of the tambura. The only sadhanas I would practice is one that I could learn without abandoning music.” So Buddhapa taught the prince a musical sadhanas whereupon he initiated the prince and instructed him to meditate continuously upon the sound of the instrument but he must free himself of all distinction between the sound that is struck and what the mind perceives, to cease all interference with the sound, conceptualizing, critical and judgemental thought, and to contemplate only on pure sound.
The prince practiced the percepts he had been taught for 9 years and attained the state of mahamudra-siddhi.
He performed wondrous deeds. He could foretell the future, read people’s thought, and appear in more than one place at the same time. It was said that he had gained his siddhi directly from the deity Hevajra himself. All his long life he taught multitudes of beings how to find release from the bonds of existence, and when he completed his task, he was assumed into the Paradise of the Dakinis.
