Padmasambhava

May it be worthy.

Sava Mangalam.

When the Namanakaya, Master Padmasambhava, was invited by King Trisong Duitzen and was residing in glorious Samye at Red Rock, the virtuous Lady of Tun, a woman of extraordinary devotion, sent her attendant, the Lady of Magong,

to offer a morning meal of curd with slices of grapes.

Later, when the master was on his way to Samye Chimpu, just as he was passing through the gate, the Lady of Ton bowed down on the road and circumambulated him.

joined her palms before him and said, Please, great master, you are about to leave and this old lady is about to die.

First of all,

Since I was born as a girl, I am of an inferior birth.

Having been distracted by activities, I forgot the Dharma.

Second, being of lesser intelligence, my wits are feeble.

Third, I feel obscured due to my advanced age, and my mind is unclear.

Please, great master, bestow upon this old woman an instruction that requires little hardship, that is simple to grasp,

Easy to apply and very effective.

Please give an instruction for an old woman who will die soon.

The master replied, Old lady, who are you?

The old woman responded, I am the one who has been sending a bowl of curd with a lonely maid.

The master joyfully said, You are surely one

who has greater devotion than the king, Trisong.

Then he instructed the old lady and her attendant with these words.

Old woman, take the cross-legged position and keep your body upright.