The Lineage of Do Gongpa Dupa
When Lord Buddha was asked about why he had not given teachings on the ultimate vehicle, he prophesied that in the near future they would come into existence. Accordingly, twenty-eight years after his demise, five beings of supreme nobility—the god Yashasvi Varapala, the naga king Takshaka, the yaksha Ulkamukha, the rakshasa Matyaupayika, and the human being Licchavi Vimalakirti—gathered on Mount Mayala in Sri Lanka. They were grief stricken…