Virupa I Copper Oxidized | Silver Plated

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Virupa is also known as Virupaksa and Tutop Wangchuk, was an 8th-9th century Indian mahasiddha and yogi, and the source of important cycles of teachings in tantric Buddhism. He is especially known as the source of the Lamdre("path-fruit") system held by the Shakya school and is thus seen as the Indian founder of their lineage.

Tibetan sources mention that he was born in East India and studied  as a monk and practiced tantra, particularly Cakrasamvara. Tibetan sources further state that after years of tantric practice with no results, he gave up tantra and threw his mala in the toilet. Then he received a vision from the deity Nairatmya who became his main deity and he subsequently received teachings and empowerments from her.  He eventually left the monastery and traveled throughout India teaching tantra, performing various magical feat (siddhis) as well as "converting non-Buddhists  destroying their images and stopping their sanguinary rituals."

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