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Sukhasiddhi

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Sukhasiddhi was an Indian teacher of Vajrayana Buddhism and master of meditation. She was born in west Kashmir to a large, poor family. She is mother of three sons and three daughters. Once she gave a beggar the only food in the house and was expelled from home.

She traveled to Oḍḍiyāna, thought to be the land of dakas and dakinis, and there she met Virupa, a mahasiddha who became her guru. Very quickly Sukhasiddhi became completely realized and together with Niguma, as well as Rāhula, Maitripada and Vajrasapana, was the root teacher of the Tibetan yogi Khyungpo Nenjor, who founded the Shangpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Further reading

  • Template:En icon Kongtrul, Jamgon (2003). Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verses of the Shangpa Masters. Ithaca, New York, USA: Snow Lion Publications. p. 416. ISBN 978-1559392044.
  • Template:En icon Riggs, Nicole (2000). Like an Illusion: Lives of the Shangpa Kagyu Masters. Dharma Cloud Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0970563903.

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