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ut that the one who was truly devoted would come to
him. At that moment, Yeshe Tsogyal prostrated herself
before the teacher and out of love for him renounced all
the riches of queenly life to follow him.
This story contrasts with the way that Mandarava came
to Padmasambhava: He just flew in through a window
of the king's palace and took her. Still, we should never
criticize holy persons as though their actions were
mundane and evil, even though when judged by
conventional standards, they may seem unwholesome.
In this case Guru Rinpoche knew from his insight that
she was a dakini and, as it was impossible to gain her in
any other way, he simply took her as his yogic consort.
Similarly Marpa, Milarepa's guru, had nine consorts but
he helped them all, one by one, attain the wisdom-light
body of Buddhahood. There are many such stories in the
Tibetan Tripitaka.
Padmasambhava and his two dakinis were all perfectly
Enlightened as a result of their practice. Moreover, the
Guru is worshipped in many different forms as shown in
thangkas. Here we show and venerate them in the
highest form of heruka.
All the three objects of our homage are, in addition, to
be found in Padmasambhava. Not only that, the guru
may be shown in the forms of nirmanakaya,
sambhogakaya, dharmakaya, svabhavikakaya, and
mahasukhaprajnakaya; all these are him, from the
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