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| + | {{BigTibetan|[[ཐ་ག་ན་པ]]།}}; [[Thaganapa]]; [[Taganapa]]; {{Nolinking|The Compulsive Liar}}; | ||
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| + | [[Mahasiddha]] [[Thaganapa]]… [[Thaganapa]] / [[Thagapa]] ([[rtag tu rdzun smra ba]]): “He Who Always Lies”/”Master of the Lie” | ||
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| + | [[Thaganapa]] was born in {{Wiki|eastern India}} and since an early age, he showed criminal {{Wiki|tendencies}} and depended on exploitation and [[deception]]. One day while sitting on a log ad the edge of a town plotting a con job, a [[wise]] [[monk]] passed by and asked why he was in such deep [[thoughts]]. [[Thaganapa]] was about to tell a lie when the [[monk]] interrupted and told him if he’s about to tell a lie and create a [[Wikipedia:Habit (psychology)|habit]] out of it, when the [[karma]] matures he will be [[reborn]] in [[hell]]. [[Thaganapa]] turned pale, and the [[monk]] continued to educate him about the [[physical]] effects of {{Wiki|lying}}. | ||
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| + | Listening to the [[monk]] speak of the [[doctrine of karma]] made complete [[sense]] to [[Thaganapa]], so when the [[monk]] asked if he is capable of practicing a [[sadhanas]], he agreed. The [[monk]] began to give [[Thaganapa]] instruction in the [[yoga]] called “removing [[water]] in the {{Wiki|ear}} by means of [[water]]”. Next he gave him the [[initiation]] that matures the immature [[mindstream]], and then he was [[taught]] these [[precepts]]: “All that you see, hear, tough, think you {{Wiki|perceive}} with the [[six senses]], indeed, all that you [[experience]], is nothing but a lie.” | ||
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| + | For 7 years [[Thaganapa]] [[meditated]] and gained the [[understanding]] that all [[experience]] of the [[phenomenal world]] is a {{Wiki|fiction}}. Gaining [[detachment]], he acquired the qualities of clarity, control, and [[equanimity]]. He then searched for his [[guru]] for confirmation, and the [[monk]] said, “[[Experience]] is neither [[deception]] nor [[truth]]. [[Reality]] is uncreated, {{Wiki|indeterminate}}. Now you must [[meditate]] upon your [[experience]] of all things as [[emptiness]] rendered [[empty]] by its very [[nature]].” | ||
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| + | [[Thaganapa]] obeyed his [[guru]] and returned to his practice, eventually gaining [[siddhi]]. After many years of [[selfless]] service, he was assumed into the [[Paradise of the Dakinis]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:50, 30 November 2015
ཐ་ག་ན་པ།; Thaganapa; Taganapa; The Compulsive Liar;
Mahasiddha Thaganapa… Thaganapa / Thagapa (rtag tu rdzun smra ba): “He Who Always Lies”/”Master of the Lie”
Thaganapa was born in eastern India and since an early age, he showed criminal tendencies and depended on exploitation and deception. One day while sitting on a log ad the edge of a town plotting a con job, a wise monk passed by and asked why he was in such deep thoughts. Thaganapa was about to tell a lie when the monk interrupted and told him if he’s about to tell a lie and create a habit out of it, when the karma matures he will be reborn in hell. Thaganapa turned pale, and the monk continued to educate him about the physical effects of lying.
Listening to the monk speak of the doctrine of karma made complete sense to Thaganapa, so when the monk asked if he is capable of practicing a sadhanas, he agreed. The monk began to give Thaganapa instruction in the yoga called “removing water in the ear by means of water”. Next he gave him the initiation that matures the immature mindstream, and then he was taught these precepts: “All that you see, hear, tough, think you perceive with the six senses, indeed, all that you experience, is nothing but a lie.”
For 7 years Thaganapa meditated and gained the understanding that all experience of the phenomenal world is a fiction. Gaining detachment, he acquired the qualities of clarity, control, and equanimity. He then searched for his guru for confirmation, and the monk said, “Experience is neither deception nor truth. Reality is uncreated, indeterminate. Now you must meditate upon your experience of all things as emptiness rendered empty by its very nature.”
Thaganapa obeyed his guru and returned to his practice, eventually gaining siddhi. After many years of selfless service, he was assumed into the Paradise of the Dakinis.
