Virupa & the Dakini Vajravarahi

"The young yogin Virupa was given the yidam practice of the Sow-Faced Dakini Vajravarahi. He threw himself into his practice for twelve years, completing twenty million recitations of her mantra, but no signs of progress arose, not even an auspicious dream. He fell into a deep depression and broke his rosary (mala), throwing it into a latrine in disgust. At the time of evening practice he realized he had no rosary. Suddenly the dakini appeared, slipping the repaired rosary into his hand and saying, “Most fortunate child, do not be troubled. With my blessing continue your practice. Rid your mind of the habit of thinking of things as either this or that, and abandon all wandering and critical thought. Strip your mind of mental fiction.” Then she sang this song of instruction:

The innate purity that is the nature of the mind,

That is the essential Vajravarahi.

She exists within,

So do not look elsewhere.

That is foolish and childish.

The nature of mind, a wish-fulfilling gem,

Stripped of all mental fiction,

That is the most satisfying achievement.

Heartened, Virupa returned to his practice and in another twelve years attained realization."

~Dakini's Warm Breath: Judith Simmer-Brown

"VajraVarahi, goddess of the Kundalini energy": Laura Santi Sacred Art