Saraha - Chief of the Accomplished Masters of India
Ultimate co-emergent wisdom can only come
From gathering accumulations and purifying obscurations,
And through the blessings of a realized master—
You should know that it’s foolish to rely on any other method.
Saraha – Treasury of Dohās
Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche
This is an excerpt from a teaching held on the United Trugram Buddhist Fellowship website of Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche.
Statue of the mahasiddha Saraha
“The cross-eyed fool sees one lamp as two; The vision and the viewer are one”
– Saraha (8th Century CE)
From “Saraha’s Dohakosa: The Royal Song” (translated by Keith Dowman)
Saraha is known as the chief of the Indian Mahasiddhas or “Great Accomplishers”, a prominent master of the Great Seal (Skt. Mahamudra) teachings, and a former incarnation of the Karmapa.
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