Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Even though Naropa had given away his very beautiful
young wife to his guru, he still desired to have sexual
intercourse with her, at one time, meeting Tilopa, he had
an erect organ due to his desire. Taking a large stone,
Naropa gave his own organ many crushing blows, and
as a result obtained the first bodhisattva stage (see Ch.
X, Part Two).
These days, there are very few gurus with such degrees
of realization as these ancients. Nor are there many
disciples who are willing to suffer much for their
spiritual growth. Further, teachers of the present day are
unwilling to inflict much pain on their pupils, but in
Tantric practice this is sometimes necessary, as in
Marpa's treatment of Milarepa.
The yogi then asked, as though on behalf of the
readers:
How then did I get this Mahamudra? Although my guru
never treated me badly, I was always humble and made
a point of constantly attending on him. This guru,
Gangkar Rinpoche, was an emanation of Avalokitesvara.
Before I met him, I had a dream in which an image of
Guan Yin appeared which was then transformed into
Gangkar Rinpoche. When I met him, therefore, I knew
at once that there was no difference between the great
and merciful mahasattva and this teacher.
At that time I was a professor at the Buddhist University,
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