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Western doorkeeper - Vagisvarakirti, earlier born as a Kshatriya in Varanasi and ordained in the sect of the Mahasamghika, is said to once have defeated 300 tirthika rivals who came from the west and also performed miraculous feats. In the latter part of his life, he went to Nepal where he lived mostly in meditation, though preaching the tantrayana at times. Since he had many consorts, most people thought that his conduct was unbecoming of a monk.
4. Northern doorkeeper - Naro-pa, who was later succeeded by Bodhivadra. Bodhivadra, born in a Vaisya family of Odivisa, a scholar of the Vidya-sambhara, Carya-sambhara and especially of the Bodhi-sattva-bhumi, having a vision of arya Avalokitesvara.
5. First great central pillar - Ratnavajra, born to Haribhadra, the 25th descendant of a famous Kashmiri Brahman, once defeated in a debate by the Buddhists, he thereafter gained a profound knowledge of the doctrine and came to Magadha for further studies, where he meditated in Vajrasana and had the vision of Cakrasamvara, Vajravarahi and many other deities. The king conferred on him the patra of Vikramshila, where he mainly expounded the tantra-yana, the seven treatises on pramana, the five works of Maitreya, etc. After Vikramshila, he went back to Kashmir where he defeated several tirthikas in debate and converted them to Buddhism. During the latter part of his life, he went to Urgyana in the west, where he defeated a Brahmin of Kashmir at Urgyana and converted him to Buddhism and gave him the name Guhyaprajna. Guhyaprajna learnt the tantra-yana and eventually attained siddhi and went to Tibet, where he came to be known as the Red acharya.