Kantalipa

From Tsadra Commons

Himalayan Art Resources
PersonType Category:Classical Indian Authors
MainNameTib ཚེམ་བུ་པ་
MainNameWylie tshem bu pa
MainNameDev कन्तलिप
MainNameSkt Kantalipa
AltNamesOther Khandipa
bio Khandipa was a low-caste sweeper who made his clothes by sewing rags together. A yogin offered to teach him the dharma and gave him the Cakrasaṃvara initiation. However, Khandipa was unable to make any progress because he kept thinking about sewing. In order to overcome his distraction, the yogin told him how to use those thoughts in his meditation practice, explaining that in reality there is no sewing and there is nothing to be sewn. After twelve years of meditation, Khandipa achieved mahāmudrā. (Source: Lopez Jr., Donald S. Seeing the Sacred in Samsara: An Illustrated Guide to the Eighty-Four Mahāsiddhas. Boulder: Shambhala Publications, 2019: p. 93.)
BDRC https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P0RK646
IsInGyatsa No
Other wikis

If the page does not yet exist on the remote wiki, you can paste the tag {{PersonCall}} inside the destination page. But please first make sure you are on the right page. Some wikis have the person page on Person/<COMMONS PERSON PAGENAME>, in which case the page <COMMONS PERSON PAGENAME> needs to be redirected. Ask if you need clarification.