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learned, and certainly very few people knew him or
remember him now except in that part of Kham where
he lived. If someone brought him tsampa (roasted barley
flour), butter or cloth, or anything else, he would
immediately divide it and give to his disciples. He never
kept anything until the next day.
(Bhante said regarding this, "That is said in the Pali
Canon to be the mark of an arhat.") If anyone
offered food, or anything, on the next day, he and
his disciples would take it, but if nothing was given,
they would not be troubled by having nothing.
Besides the high attainments of Nyingmapas in ancient
times—rarely seen, also today—there was in quite
recent times my guru's teacher. He instructed his servant:
"You should not open my door!" For seven days he
intended to sit in the torga so that his body might all be
transmuted into the light. However, by the sixth day the
curiosity of that attendant became too strong and he
opened the door. His teacher's body instantly shrank
into the ball we described above.
Another great Nyingmapa is said to have closed his
door in the same way and when it was opened at the end
of the seventh day, only hair and nails remained.
"Why do hairs and nails remain?" asked the
transcriber.
Mr. Chen explained:
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