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Ling-tsang Gyalpo – a great Nyinma Phurba Master
The relationship with a woman so as to perform the sexual magic rites with her was at the core of
every Siddha’s life. Whether king or beggar, they all preferred girls from the lower castes — washerwomen,
prostitutes, barmaids, dancing girls, or cemetery witches.
The grand sorcerers’ clothes and external appearance was also in total contradiction to the image of
the Buddhist monks. They were demonically picturesque. With naked torsos, the Maha Siddhas wore
a fur loincloth, preferably that of a beast of prey. Huge rings hung from their ears and about their
necks swung necklaces of human bone. In contrast to the ordained bhiksus (monks) the grand
sorcerers never shaved their heads, instead letting their hair grow into a thick mane which they bound
together above their heads in a knot. Their style more resembled that of the Shivaite yogis and it was
difficult to recognize them as traditional followers of Gautama Buddha. Many of the Maha Siddhas
were thus equally revered by both the Shivaites and the Buddhists. From this the Indologist,
Ramachandra Rao, concludes that in the early phase of Tantrism the membership of a particular
religious current was in no way the deciding criterion for a yogi’s world view, rather, it was the tantric
technique which made them all (independent of their religious affiliation) members of a single
esoteric community (Ramachandra Rao, 1989, p. 42).