- Tapihritsa
Tapihritsa (c 7th ~ 8th century) (or Tapahritsa; Wylie: "Ta pi hri tsa") is a
Bön po who achieved theDzogchen mastery of therainbow body and consequently, as a fully realisedTrikaya Buddha, is invoked as ayidam .Fact|date=December 2007The historical Tapihritsa was born in
Zhang Zhung of a family ofnomad s. Tapihritsa's principal teacher wasDawa Gyaltsen .Tapihritsa was contemporaneous with
Ligmincha , King of Zhang Zhung andTrisong Detsen , Emperor of Tibet.John Myrdhin Reynolds has published "Space, Awareness, and Energy" (2007), which is a study of the origins of Bön Dzogchen inWestern Tibet andCentral Asia and contains translations of primary texts that showcase Tapihritsa.Tapihritsa is often visualized as representing the realization of all the masters of the
Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyu lineage, one of the three Bön Dzogchen lineages.References
* http://www.kabirkadre.com/study/prose/Tenzin/Tapihritsa.htm (accessed: Saturday, February 10, 2007)
* http://www.ligmincha.org/program/description/tapihritsa.html (accessed: Saturday, February 10, 2007)
* Reynolds, John Myrdhin (2005). "The Oral Tradition from Zhang-Zhung: An Introduction to the Bonpo Dzogchen Teachings of the Oral Tradition from Zhang-Zhung" known as the Zhang-zhung snyan-rgyud. Kathmandu, Vajra Publishers. ISBN 99946-644-4-1 (paperback).External links
* http://bon-encyclopedia.wikispaces.com/page/xml/Tapihritsa?v=atom_1_0 (Sunday, February 25, 2007)
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