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Yuthok the Elder " Father of Sowa Rigpa " The greatest Tibetan physician was born on the fifteenth day of the Monkey month. According to legends, colorful rainbows appeared in the sky, and lights and music appeared spontaneously. His parents called him Yönten Gönpo, meaning ‘Lord of Knowledge’. At a young age, showing signs of extraordinary capacity and great compassion, he received visions of the Medicine Buddha and other enlightened beings. So, at the age of ten the King invited him to the Samye Palace where his medical expertise was tested against many other older Tibetan doctors. Yuthok unfalteringly showed an exceptional understanding of Traditional Tibetan Medicine, so much so that the King offered him the position of head doctor. His journeys included several visits to India, Nepal, China and Odiyana, as well as some mysterious journeys to pure lands. Yuthok also studied at the Nalanda Monastery and received teachings in Astrology and Astronomy. During his life he met accomplished spiritual masters and physicians, receiving teachings and transmissions of various traditions, such as the Dakini’s practice from the ngakmo Tokpai Randrol, and various teachings, protection mantra and medicine from Guru Rinpoche. Through his dedicated spiritual practice he received further instructions, prophecies and teachings in many different visions. At the age of forty-eight, Yuthok completed the ‘Four Medical Tantras’ and wrote many other texts using them as educational or teaching texts for his disciples, thereby establishing the first standard medical educational system which still exists in Tibet to this day. Yuthok founded the first Tibetan medicine Centre for education called Menlung Gonpa Tanadug in Kongpo, where he taught every day. Amongst his thousand disciples, was the ngakmo Damey Mentsun, his most important female disciple. He remained in meditation for three years and three months in a cave in the snow covered Lachi Mountain. When he returned to his hometown of Todlungkyina, the townsfolk joyfully offered him food, upon which he said ‘I don’t eat meat and I don’t drink alcohol’. This was the first time he gave teachings on Ganapuja saying that without the base of a really stable meditation practice, nobody should eat meat or drink alcohol. At the ripe old age of eighty-five, Yuthok married Dorje Tsomo with whom he had three sons to whom he later gave all his teachings. After having written about thirty books on medicine, astrology and spiritual practices, he wrote his final medical book called Nyamtig Thongba Dontan and at the age of one hundred twenty gave his final teaching to his disciples. He told them that he would be soon going to the Medicine Buddha’s pure land where he would continue his activities. On the fifteenth day of the Monkey month of the year of the Rat, the great Yuthok achieved the complete rainbow body with his wife Dorje Tsomo as well as their dog. Their bodies dissolved into light and rainbows. Natural sounds were heard, the earth moved, five colored lights were seen, a clear sky was experienced and it rained flowers for three whole months; all these are the signs of the highest realization. Their three sons and their disciples built a liberation stupa and statues of Buddhas in memory of Yuthok. Size: Size without Brocade: 18 inches by 24 inches Shipping: We ship within 2 business day. DHL Shipping: 5 to 8 business days with tracking number. Insurance against loss. We do wholesale too. Our one and only priority in this business is to provide "Hassle free Customer Satisfaction". We have "Quality Products" with "Cheapest Price" in the market. Please contact us to resolve any issues. Contact us via email before leaving any negative or neutral comments. We promise you that we will resolve any issues. Please confirm the return address with us before returning the product.