Lawapa

Lawapa or Lavapa () was a figure in Tibetan Buddhism who flourished in the 10th century. He was also known as Kambala and Kambalapada (Sanskrit: ). Lawapa, was a mahasiddha, or accomplished yogi, who travelled to Tsari. Lawapa was a progenitor of the Dream Yoga sādhanā and it was from Lawapa that the mahasiddha Tilopa received the Dream Yoga practice lineage.

Bhattacharya, while discussing ancient Bengali literature, proffers that Lawapa composed the '' Kambalagītika'' ( "Lawapa's Song") and a few songs of realization in the ''Charyapada''.

Simmer-Brown (2001: p. 57) when conveying the ambiguity of ḍākinīs in their "worldly" and "wisdom" guises conveys a detailed narrative that provides the origin of Lawapa's name:

Nomenclature, orthography and etymology

Alternate English orthographies are Lwabapa, Lawapa and Lvapa.
Simmer-Brown, Judith (2001). ''Dakini's Warm Breath: the Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism''. Boston, USA: Shambhala. (alk. paper): p. 57; p. 311 An alternate English nomenclature for Lawapa is Kambala.

Hevajra

The Hevajra Tantra, a yoginītantra of the ''anuttarayogatantra'' class, is held to have originated between the late eighth century C.E. (Snellgrove), and the "late ninth or early tenth century" (Davidson), in Eastern India, possibly Bengal. Tāranātha lists Saroruha and Kampala (also known as "Lva-va-pā, "Kambhalī", and "Śrī-prabhada") as its "bringers":

... the foremost yogi Virūpā meditated on the path of Yamāri and attained siddhi under the blessings of Vajravārāhi,...His disciple Dombi Heruka...understood the essence of the Hevajra Tantra, and composed many śāstras like the ''Nairātmā-devi-sādhana'' and the ''Sahaja-siddhi''. He also conferred abhiṣeka on his own disciples. After this, two ācāryas Lva-va-pā and Saroruha brought the Hevajra Tantra. ... Siddha Sarouha was the first to bring the ''Hevajra-pitṛ-sādhana.''Chattopadhyana, Debiprasad (ed.) (1970). ''Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India''. Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla. p.245-246

Principal teachers

The Tibetan Buddhism Resource Center (2006) identifies three principal teachers of Lawapa:
* Anangavajra (Sanskrit; Tibetan: ''yan lag med pa'i rdo rje'')
* (Tibetan: ''Deng ki pa'')
* Vajravarahi ( Yeshe Tshogyal) (Sanskrit; Tibetan: ''rdo rje phag mo'').The Tibetan Buddhism Resource Center (2006). ''kambha la pa.'' Source

(accessed: January 30, 2008)

Principal students

The Tibetan Buddhism Resource Center (2006) identifies two principal students of Lawapa:
* (Tibetan: ''nag po spyod pa'')
* (Tibetan: ''indra bhu ti'').

See also

*Charyapada
*Trance
*Bardo
*Padmasambhava
*Six Yogas

Notes

Further reading

*Dudjom Rinpoche and Jikdrel Yeshe Dorje. ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: its Fundamentals and History''. Two Volumes. 1991. Translated and edited by Gyurme Dorje with Matthew Kapstein. Wisdom Publications, Boston.
*Dargyay, Eva M. (author) & Wayman, Alex (editor)(1998). ''The Rise of Esoteric Buddhism in Tibet''. Second revised edition, reprint.Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd. Buddhist Tradition Series Vol.32. (paper)

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