Tapihritsa Explained
Tapihritsa or Tapahritsa (c 7th ~ 8th century) was a Bon practitioner who achieved the Dzogchen mastery of the rainbow body and consequently, as a fully realised trikaya Buddha, is invoked as an iṣṭadevatā (xct|yi dam) by Dzogchen practitioners in both Bon and Tibetan Buddhism. He is known for his achievement of the rainbow body.
The historical Tapihritsa was born in Zhangzhung to a family of nomads. Tapihritsa's principal teacher was Dawa Gyaltsen.
Tapihritsa was contemporaneous with Ligmincha, King of Zhangzhung, and Trisong Detsen, Emperor of Tibet.
Tapihritsa is often visualized as representing the realization of all the masters of the Zhangzhung Whispered Transmission lineage, one of the three Bon Dzogchen lineages.
Works
Tapihritsa's primary notable work is The Twenty-One Nails (rdzogs pa chen po zhang zhung snyan rgyud las gzer bu gnyis shu rtsa gcig). There are two translations of this text and commentary into English, as follows:
- Book: Reynolds, John Mrydhin . The Precepts of the Dharmakaya: Advanced Instructions on the Practice of Bönpo Dzogchen According to the Zhang-Zhung Tradition of Tibet . Vajra Books . 2014 . 978-9937-623-15-5 . none. A translation of Tapihritsa's The Twenty-One Nails.
- Book: Tapihritsa . Brown, Daniel P. . Gurung, Sonam . The Twenty-One Nails: According to the Zhang Zhung Oral Transmission Lineage of Bon Great Completion . United States . Integral Publishing House . 2019 . 978-1-7321579-7-2 . none.
References
- Jurkovic . Ratka . Prayer to Ta pi hri tsa: A short exposition of the Base, the Path and the Fruit in Bon Dzogchen teachings . Revue d'Études Tibétaines . 16 . 1 . 2011 .
- Book: Karmay . Samten G. . Watt . Jeff . Bon, the Magic Word: the Indigenous Religion of Tibet . 2007 . Rubin Museum of Art . New York. 978-0977213122 . 1st.
- Book: Namdak, Tenzin . Lopön Tenzin Namdak . Tapihritsa: The Condensed Meaning of an Explanation of the Teachings of Yungdrung Bon . Nepal . Bonpo Foundation . 1991.
- Web site: Wangyal . Tenzin . Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche . 2005 . Teaching: Tapihritsa . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060813184304/http://www.ligmincha.org/program/description/tapihritsa.html . 2006-08-13 . 2021-05-02 . ligmincha.org.
Further reading
- Book: Achard, Jean-Luc . The Six Lamps: Secret Dzogchen Instructions of the Bön Tradition . United States . Wisdom Publications . 2017 . 978-1614293644.
- Book: Hatchell, Christopher . Naked Seeing: The Great Perfection, the Wheel of Time, and Visionary Buddhism in Renaissance Tibet. . United Kingdom . Oxford University Press . 2014 . 978-0199982912.
- Book: Reynolds, John Myrdhin . The Oral Tradition from Zhang-Zhung: An Introduction to the Bonpo Dzogchen Teachings of the Oral Tradition from Zhang-Zhung. Kathmandu . Vajra Publishers . 2005 . 978-9994664443.
- Book: Wangyal, Tenzin . Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche . Wonders of the natural mind: the essence of Dzogchen in the native Bon tradition of Tibet . United States . Snow Lion Publications . 2000 . 978-1559391429.
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