Siddhas of Ga: Remembered by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche by Lama Karma Drodhul

Author:Lama Karma Drodhul [Drodhul, Lama Karma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KTD Publications
Published: 2020-02-24T09:09:25+00:00

18 • Shagö the Severance Master

Shagö was a monk of Thrangu Monastery.

You severed the bonds of grasping at objects.

You severed fixation, internal kleshas.

You gained confidence in realization beyond dirty and clean.

Yogi, to you I prostrate!

When Shagö was around twenty his uncle told him to slaughter a pack animal. The beast took a long time to die, and lay there with tears streaming from its eyes. Seeing this caused Shagö to relinquish all worldly activity from then on. He undertook renunciation and spent one year in the Vairochana Retreat and three years in the Six Dharmas of Naropa Retreat. Whenever he practiced severance he would cry.

In order to practice the all-victorious conduct he took to wearing just a loin cloth and let his hair grow long and unbound. Practically naked, he began to wander around the area of Thrangu Monastery, blowing a thighbone trumpet. At the time my kind guru was around eleven years of age, and encountered Shagö while fetching water. Frightened, my guru hid behind a boulder. A woman with the marks of a dakini was relieving herself there; as soon as she saw Shagö she ran away in fear, yelling. Without hesitation Shagö ate her steaming excrement; by doing so he properly established the interdependence of all-victorious conduct.

Your habit of renunciation, accumulated over many kalpas,

Was awakened in an instant by the slightest thing.

You entered the supreme path beyond hope and fear,

And reached the state of peace. I rejoice!

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