Maitripa Centre

Maitripa was originally a monk at Vikramasila monastery in North-East India under the Abbot Atisha. Atisha found it necessary to expel Maitripa from the monastery for breaching the monastic rules (vinaya) when he was caught drinking alcohol and consorting with a woman during his Vajrayogini (Buddhist Tantra) practices. It is recorded that when Maitripa left the monastery he shocked his contemporaries by miraculously floating away down the Ganges on his meditation mat.