Mahalapa
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Mahasiddha Mahalapa… Mahipa / Makipa (ngar rgyal can): “The Braggart”
Mahipa was from Magadha, born into a low caste. He had great bodily strength, but was always controlled by his pride, thinking he could not be challenged by any living being. One day a yogin came by and a conversation started. When Mahipa became a believer, the yogin told him to purify the stains of his arrogance, at which Mahipa requested to be taught the way. The yogin gave him the initiation which transfers spiritual power and was taught the instructions which take contradictions as path. Mahipa held on the path and obtained siddhi,
For 300 years, he gave powerful instructions to countless beings in Magadha, and with 250 followers, he entered the realm of the Dakas in this very body.