Saraha, the “Great Brahmin”, guru of Nagarjuna, well known for his mahamudra spiritual songs, was one of the 84 Indian Vajrayana Mahasiddhas….

薩拉哈，”大手印法門始祖”，以大手印的證道歌聞名，是古印度金剛乘八十四大成就者之一….

薩拉哈被認為是霎哈嘉瑜珈的創始者，以及金剛乘的祖師之一，尤其是大手印傳承一派，多羅那他認為他是無上瑜珈的實際創始者。薩拉哈曾就教於寂護的弟子師子賢，生存時代被推斷應於西元八世紀末至九世紀初。

薩拉哈生於東印度羅裡的婆羅門家庭，據稱是空行母之子。曾就學於那爛陀寺，因對密續有信仰，白日修習印度教法，晚間則修持密續。因為喜歡飲酒，被其他婆羅門發現，認為其破壞婆羅門戒律，齊請國王惹拿巴拉放逐之。薩哈拉現神通以入熱鍋油、入水不沉、秤鐵比重的三種方式表明自己並無飲酒。於是國王領眾婆羅門向薩拉哈禮拜請法，薩拉哈以「朵哈三串法」（The Three Cycles of Doha）教授，使眾人皆成為佛教徒。

薩拉哈後與箭工之女結婚，受其引導，了悟心性與法界實相，後常邊製箭矢邊唱金剛道歌傳道，因此被稱為薩拉哈，意為箭矢。後與妻子同往空行淨土。(維基百科)

Saraha, the son of a Dakini, was born in the east of India in Roli. He observed the laws of the Brahmins by day. He received instruction in the tantric mysteries from Buddhist masters by night. However, Saraha enjoyed spirituous liquors which were forbidden by Brahmin law.

Eventually, this was discovered by other Brahmins and they were outraged by his behavior. They brought this up to King Ratnapala and demanded he be deprived of his caste status. However, the king was a reasonable man. He decided to investigate the matter himself. When asked by the king, Saraha replied “I do not drink. If you doubt me, gather together the Brahmins and all the people and I’ll prove it.” And so, a large crowd gathered. Saraha announced a series of trials to prove his innocence. He placed his hands in hot oil and drank a bowl of molten copper, but he was unharmed. Later he jumped into a tank of water stating the liar will sink. True enough the Brahmin that jumped into the tank with him sank. Then to clear more doubt, he ask for the two of them to be weighed and the lighter of the two was the liar. When weighed, the Brahmin who was twice the size of Saraha, was much lighter than Saraha.

At this point, the king stepped in. He pointed to Saraha and said, “If this venerable being drinks, then may he continue to do so for all time.” And with that, the king prostrated before Saraha, followed by all the Brahmins.

Saraha then took a 15 year old girl as his consort.  They moved to a distant land, where he practiced his sadhanas in isolation. One day, he told her to cook him radish curry. However, he began meditating which continued for 12 long years. When he woke to the outside world, he bellowed “Where is my radish curry?” So astonished was his dakini consort that Saraha decided to move to a mountain hermitage to continue his meditation properly. His consort questioned him, saying that if he awoke from Samadhi and still possessed an undiminished desire for radish curry, what good would the isolated mountains be for him? She then continued “The purest solitude is one that allows you to escape from the preconceptions and prejudices, from the labels and concepts of a narrow, inflexible mind.” He listened carefully and began to devote himself to ridding his mind of conceptual thoughts and belief in the substantiality of objective reality.

In time, he attained the supreme realization of Mahamudra and spent the remainder of his life in service to others. Upon death, Saraha and his consort ascended to the bliss of the Paradise of the Dakinis.

Mahasiddha Samudra ||
大成就者 薩目達


84 Mahasiddhas ||
84 大成就者


Mahasiddha Sarvabhaksha ||
大成就者 沙瓦巴嘎