Garab dorje biography of william hill

Garab Dorje (Skt. Prahevajra/Pramodavajra/Surativajra^[1]; Tib. དགའ་རབ་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wyl.dga' rab rdo rje) — the lineage of Dzogchen, unbroken to the present day, is traced from the dharmakayaSamantabhadra (‘Kuntuzangpo’ in Tibetan) to the sambhogakaya, represented by the five buddha families and Vajrasattva, and then to the first human master Garab Dorje.

It then passed to Mañjushrimitra. At the time of his parinirvana, Garab Dorje ascended into the sky and dissolved into rainbow light.

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At this, Mañjushrimitra cried out in despair and distress, and made a very beautiful plea: “What will become of us now that you are passing away? You are the light of the world…”

Whereupon Garab Dorje was moved, and his hand reappeared, in which was a small golden casket, the size of a thumbnail, containing the teaching of Hitting the Essence in Three Words, which he let fall into the hand of Mañjushrimitra.

As soon as he received it, his mind became the same as the wis