In Tibetan Buddhist tantra texts, the yogi named nag po (Krishna/Kanha) is very difficult to identify. Kṛṣṇacaryāvrata (བརྟུལ་ཞུགས་སྤྱོད་པ་ནག་པོ་པ) is known for his arrogance in his yogic power, and no teacher could tame him. In one of his short hagiographies he misused his yogic power on a young girl out of anger. The girl was no ordinary person and he lost his life to her black magic. His body died, but it is believed that he is still alive somewhere. At the time of his death he gave the teachings of Chhinamasta. This yogi seems to have had some connection with Chhinamasta (severed head goddess) and the Amrtasiddhi teachings. His two yogini disciples are also called the Severed Head Sisters (དབུ་བཅད་མ་སྤུན་གཉིས). They cut off their own heads and presented them to him to accept them as his disciples, as you will see the cut off head in front of him in the picture. It is mentioned that he taught these two sisters the Amrtasiddhi teaching.
When the water dries up, The lotus in the swamp withers, The bees flee, Vanish without a trace. The fire consumes The tree, leaves and roots. Kanha sees the laughter of Indra! He ate, drank, lived and went away breaking the branches. Kye ho! This action of mine is like a tummo. Like a perpetual frost, scorching the lotus. One wrong action washes away a hundred virtues. As the ocean empties, so does the lotus wither. Then smoke blows from the ten gates. The world proclaims that there is no Kanha. Kanha, the dark yogi, lives in the forest of the depths of Mahayana. The mind being void reaches completion in an innate state. There is no remorse even if the aggregates (skandha) becomes a joke. As one can not see the butter in milk, There is desire, though the world can not see. Such as this, is the enjoyment of the Dark Yogi. Even if the parts of my body like the lotus wither away, Why is it that the world says the kanha is dead?
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