噶绕多吉大师是把大圆满最初弘扬于人间的祖师，他出世后仅七天就与五百智者同时辩论，并获得全部胜利。长大后在深山修禅定32年，于金刚萨埵前听受教言，背诵和精通了六百四十万大圆满颂词，后来将所有窍诀传授与弟子蒋华西宁（文殊友），然后前往单斗河边，其身成就无漏光蕴而消于法界。那时，蒋华西宁悲伤哀绝，于是他又在空中光蕴中现出身体，将金制宝箧——《大圆满三大要语》交付于蒋，如今此法仍为诸有缘弟子所常修。
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Garab Dorje (Skt. Prahevajra/Pramodavajra/Surativajra[1]; Tib. དགའ་རབ་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wyl. dga' rab rdo rje) — the lineage of Dzogchen, unbroken to the present day, is traced from the dharmakaya Samantabhadra (‘Kuntuzangpo’ in Tibetan) to the sambhogakaya, represented by the five buddha families and Vajrasattva, and then to the first human master Garab Dorje. It then passed to Mañjushrimitra. At the time of his parinirvana, Garab Dorje ascended into the sky and dissolved into rainbow light. At this, Mañjushrimitra cried out in despair and distress, and made a very beautiful plea: “What will become of us now that you are passing away? You are the light of the world…”
Whereupon Garab Dorje was moved, and his hand reappeared, in which was a small golden casket, the size of a thumbnail, containing the teaching of Hitting the Essence in Three Words, which he let fall into the hand of Mañjushrimitra. As soon as he received it, his mind became the same as the wisdom mind of his master Garab Dorje.
