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Campaka ཙ་མྤ་ཀ

(“The Flower King”)

820 CE –

Mahasiddha #60

Extremely wealthy, powerful, caught up in pleasure, and sitting on a throne made from sweet-smelling flowers; Kampala met a wandering yogi. He tried to impress the sage with the splendors of his kingdom and the beauty of his flowers but the sage told him the truth, that his flowers smelled great but his body not so much, that his realm was wonderful but before long it and he would be gone. Realizing the superficiality and meaninglessness of his life, Kampala began a spiritual path but only shifted his physical materialism into spiritual materialism. Directed to focus his meditation on “the flower of pure reality,” he practiced and finally realized the empty essence of his mind. Mahasiddha #60

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“Like a clear light, skillful means and wisdom unite in a spontaneous, all-embracing perfection.”

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“The teachings are like a flower, the mind like a bee, and realization the honey of awakened life.”

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