Tapihritsa

 ( Bon ) 

Tapihritsa or Tapahritsa (c 7th ~ 8th century) was a Bon practitioner who achieved the Dzogchen mastery of the rainbow body and consequently, as a fully realised trikaya Buddhahood, is invoked as an iṣṭadevatā () by Dzogchen practitioners in both Bon and Tibetan Buddhism. He is known for his achievement of the rainbow body.

The historical Tapihritsa was born in Zhangzhung to a family of . Tapihritsa's principal teacher was Dawa Gyaltsen.

Tapihritsa was contemporaneous with Ligmincha, King of Zhangzhung, and Trisong Detsen, Emperor of Tibet.

Tapihritsa is often visualized as representing the realization of all the masters of the Zhangzhung Whispered Transmission () lineage, one of the three Bon Dzogchen lineages.

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Works Tapihritsa's primary notable work is The Twenty-One Nails ( rdzogs pa chen po zhang zhung snyan rgyud las gzer bu gnyis shu rtsa gcig). There are two translations of this text and commentary into English, as follows:

• John Mrydhin Reynolds (2025). 9789937623155, Vajra Books. ISBN 9789937623155
  A translation of Tapihritsa's The Twenty-One Nails.
• Tapihritsa (2025). 9781732157972, Integral Publishing House. ISBN 9781732157972

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Notes

• (2025). 9780977213122, Rubin Museum of Art. ISBN 9780977213122

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Further reading

• Jean-Luc Achard (2025). 9781614293644, Wisdom Publications. ISBN 9781614293644
• Christopher Hatchell (2025). 9780199982912, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199982912
• John Myrdhin Reynolds (2025). 9789994664443, Vajra Publishers. ISBN 9789994664443
• Tenzin Wangyal (2025). 9781559391429, Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 9781559391429

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External links

• The Invocation of Tapihritsa, by Nangzher Lopo

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