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'''Mandarava''' (Skt. ''Mandāravā'', Tib. [[མནྡཱ་ར་བཱ་]]) (8th cent.) aka '''Machik Drubpai Gyalmo''' — one of the [[five principal consorts of Guru Rinpoche]], she was an emanation of [[Dhatvishvari]] and a princess of [[Zahor]]. After leaving the palace out of disgust for [[samsara]], and joining a nunnery, she met [[Guru Rinpoche]] who gave her teachings. When the king found out, he cast her into a pit of thorns and tried to burn Guru Rinpoche alive. But through his magical powers, Guru Rinpoche transformed the pyre into a [[Tso Pema|lake]]. When the king had repented his actions and granted them pardon, Mandarava accompanied Guru Rinpoche to the [[Maratika cave]], where through their accomplishment of [[long-life practice]], they saw the Buddha [[Amitabha]] face to face and attained the level of a [[vidyadhara with power over life]]. | '''Mandarava''' (Skt. ''Mandāravā'', Tib. [[མནྡཱ་ར་བཱ་]]) (8th cent.) aka '''Machik Drubpai Gyalmo''' — one of the [[five principal consorts of Guru Rinpoche]], she was an emanation of [[Dhatvishvari]] and a princess of [[Zahor]]. After leaving the palace out of disgust for [[samsara]], and joining a nunnery, she met [[Guru Rinpoche]] who gave her teachings. When the king found out, he cast her into a pit of thorns and tried to burn Guru Rinpoche alive. But through his magical powers, Guru Rinpoche transformed the pyre into a [[Tso Pema|lake]]. When the king had repented his actions and granted them pardon, Mandarava accompanied Guru Rinpoche to the [[Maratika cave]], where through their accomplishment of [[long-life practice]], they saw the Buddha [[Amitabha]] face to face and attained the level of a [[vidyadhara with power over life]]. | ||
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Mandarava (Skt. Mandāravā, Tib. མནྡཱ་ར་བཱ་) (8th cent.) aka Machik Drubpai Gyalmo — one of the five principal consorts of Guru Rinpoche, she was an emanation of Dhatvishvari and a princess of Zahor. After leaving the palace out of disgust for samsara, and joining a nunnery, she met Guru Rinpoche who gave her teachings. When the king found out, he cast her into a pit of thorns and tried to burn Guru Rinpoche alive. But through his magical powers, Guru Rinpoche transformed the pyre into a lake. When the king had repented his actions and granted them pardon, Mandarava accompanied Guru Rinpoche to the Maratika cave, where through their accomplishment of long-life practice, they saw the Buddha Amitabha face to face and attained the level of a vidyadhara with power over life.
Further Reading
- Padmasambhava, The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava, translated by Lama Chonam and Sangye Khandro (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1998) ISBN 0861711440