Khadgapa, the “Fearless Thief”, was one of the 84 Indian Vajrayana Mahasiddhas….

卡噶巴，”持劍小偷”，是古印度金剛乘八十四大成就者之一….

卡噶巴來自瑪格達的低種性家庭，不肯隨父親去當農夫，整日想方設法去偷東西。有一回手氣背空手而歸，途經墳場，遇見卡帕提尊者，得到修法契機：卡達噶巴想要得到他人不能勝的能力，尊者給予灌頂並指示他繞行一觀音像二十一天，抓住出現的黑蛇並能獲得成就。卡噶巴依法行事，黑蛇卻變成慧劍，清靜了他本來染污的心。卡噶巴在瑪格達弘法二十一天，然後進入空行淨土。(維基百科)

Khadgapa was born into a low-caste family of farmers in Magadha. It was a joyous event. However, it turned sorrowful when the boy grew up to be a thief.

One day, wanting to escape from harmful pursuers due to his misdeeds, he hid himself in a cremation ground for several days. While he was there he chanced to meet the yogin Carpati practicing his sadhanas. When the boy asked Carpati what he was hiding from, the yogin replied, “I’m trying to dodge the repetitive cycle of birth and death on the Wheel of Existence. So I’m meditating.” Out of curiosity, he boy asked what was the purpose of such practice. The yogin said there’s a big payoff, one which the boy can achieve too if he practice the Buddha’s teaching.

However, the boy had no interest in meditating but instead asked if the yogin know a siddhi of invincibility that can protect him when he steals. Carpati said he does. So he gave the thief initiation, empowerment, and instructed him to circle around the statue of Avalokitesvara in the temple Gauri-sankar located in Magadha for 21 days, non-stop day and night. He also said at the end of the 21 days, a large snake will glide out between the feet of the statue and the thief must seize it by the head without fear to gain the siddhi he desired.

The thief then took off for the temple. He followed the guru’s instruction to the letter. At the end of the 21st day, a large black snake glide slowly across the floor. Fearlessly, the thief seized it by the head, and then there came a ferocious thunderclap and a blinding flash of light. And there, held in Khadgapa’s fist, the most beautiful sword that glowed radiantly. Suddenly, all the defiling delusions of Khadgapa’s mind were made as palpable. As he beheld these shadows of the mind, the cutting edge of the light severed them from his being. He was then free of defilement and gained the siddhi of the sword, one of the eight great magical powers.

For the next 21 days, the former thief taught the Buddha’s message to all the people of Magadha. He then expressed his realization and was assumed into the Paradise of the Dakinis.

Mahasiddha Kapalapa ||
大成就者 噶巴拉巴


84 Mahasiddhas ||
84 大成就者


Mahasiddha Kilakilapa ||
大成就者 噶拉噶巴