Padampa Sanggye (pha dam pa sangs rgyas) was probably born during the end of 5th century in an area known as Baytapu in southeastern India. Born in Brahmin family.

His father was a captain and spend years in ocean.

His mother was from a family of incense-makers. He was conceive when his father was out at sea and so she try to kill her self few times and finally went to the Baytapur hill which is at Copa 2 km from Kushal Nagar in Mysore distric and gave birth to him. It was said the he made a right foot print on a rock and gave to her by saying " I am sorry for making you uncomfortable staying in your warmth and letting you not success in kill us".  

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Phadampa Sangya is known as Kamalashila and lived for 575 years From the end of 5th century till 11th century.

Since he lived for 7 human lives he is know as the seven brahmin live.

He has been a heart 54 mahasiddhsa including Naropa, Telopa, Aryadevpa, Virupa, Shawaripa and Sarahapa etc.

 

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PhaDampa travelled widely throughout his life and spent many years practicing meditation in places such as Bodh Gaya and Svayambhūnath Stūpa, as well as in jungles and cemeteries throughout south Asia, including Paro Taktsang (Tiger next Bhutan) Wutai Shan (China) and Dingri LhaKor (Tibet).  It is said that he travel three/forth of earth on is bear foot.

including Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Mongol, Malaysia and Afghanistan Etc. 

Phadampa have travelled few times to Tibet and gave three times of teachings.

First one was more of sing through non-verbal gestures.

In Tibet he is known as Kamalashila and in one occasion Kamalashila and a Indian Yogi named Druptop Nakpo left together to India after the birth is Machik Labdrons third son. On the way there found an elephant died in the middle of river and the villagers were not able to drink water as the water became spoils by the dead body.

Upon seeing that Kamalashila asked Druptop Nakpo to do Phowa Transmission and walk the elephant into the forest so the animals can eat the meat and the water will be clean again. 

But Atsara Nakpo reject and asked Kamalashi to do that, so without feather thoughts beside helping the needs he left his body and went inside the elephant body and walked the elephant towards forest and left the elephant body in there and return to his own body. At the his body was taken by Atsara Nagpo and the  Atsara Nagpo's body was left there.

So he thought that now his time to be in human was over as his own body was taken. At the moment Machik Labdron and 5 family dakini appear in the sky and recited a prayer and request that the body which is left behind was meant for Kamalashila, such as "the dark skin shows that of your depth of dharma, those long nail simpolize your wisdom of cutting the 5 poisons Etc.  

So he ecsept the body of Atsara Nakpo and return to Tibet without going to India.

From that moment on he was know as PHA DHAMPA SANGYA (the real godly father)

 

PhaDampa spent much of his time in Dingri, Tibet. He was renowned as a pragmatic teacher who taught his students through non-verbal gestures, the bestowing of auspicious objects, and verbal aphorisms and dialogues, through which he dispensed not only advice on spiritual practice but also on quotidian behavior. His teaching style was highly symbolic, with movements imbued with meaning. His appearance signified his asceticism and high level of yogic

Students from near and far came to learn from him; he is reported to have said that he had as many students as there were stars above Dingri.

Among the 12 volumes of his teachings a short  One Hundred advise for Dingri (ding ri brgya rtsa ma),

was wildly known in Tibet which he gave at the age of 575 and the last teaching before he went to pernirvana.

  
 

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