(8th century). Indian adept who received the Great Perfection transmission from Shri Singha and Jnanasutra. Spread these teachings in Tibet at the invitation of King Trisong Detsen. Source of Vima Nyingtik tradition. Upon leaving Tibet, he promised to send an emanation once every hundred years to revitalize the Buddhist doctrine. +
(1) The degeneration of views due to the decline in the virtue of renunciates implies wrong or mistaken views; (2) the degeneration of negative emotions due to the decline in the virtue of householders implies coarse-natured minds influenced by strong and obdurate negative emotions; (3) the degeneration of time due to the diminution of resources implies a declining Aeon of Strife; (4) the degeneration of life span due to the decline of the sustaining life force implies a reduction of the life span to only ten years; and (5) the degeneration of beings implies the decline of body due to its inferior shape and lesser size, the decline of merit due to a diminution of power and splendor, the decline of mind due to a diminution of intellectual sharpness, power of recollection, and diligence. +
(1) The ultimate truth of the space of reality, (2) the ultimate truth of wisdom, and the fivefold ultimate truth of the result, namely: (3) buddha body, (4) speech, (5) mind, (6) qualities, and (7) activities. +
(1) Reflecting on the difficulty of obtaining the unique freedoms and advantages of this precious human birth; (2) reflecting on death and impermanence, and recognizing the urgency to practice the Dharma; (3) reflecting on the defects of samsara; and (4) reflecting on past actions, their causes and results. +
The four dhyanas: (1) the first, which possesses both ideas and scrutiny (rtog pa dang bcas shing dpyod pa dang bcas pa'i bsam gtan dang po); (2) the second, which possesses no ideas but scrutiny alone (rtog pa med la dpyod pa tsam dang bcas pa bsam gtan gnyis pa); (3) the third of mental action, which is devoid of ideas and scrutiny (rtog pa dang dpyod pa yang med pa yid la byed pa bsam gtan gsum pa); and (4) the fourth of mental action, which is united with delight (dga' ba sdud pa yid la byed pa'i bsam gtan bzhi pa). +