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([[klu bdud nag po]]), known in full as the "Supreme Herb, Black Diamond Naga's Devil" ([[rtswa mchog]] [[klu bdud rdo rje nag po]]), is the bonnet bell-flower (Codonopsis). According to information received in conversation with Dr. Sherap Jorden, this is a creeping plant with grey-blue flowers and an unpleasant smell. The preparation made from its roots, leaves, flowers, and fruits is said to cure all diseases, especially leprosy and epilepsy; to enable one to fly in the sky and walk on water; and to bring forth all ordinary and extraordinary [[siddhi]]s. It is used in the preparation of a sacramental substance ([[dam rdzas]]) called the "[[rainbow light pill]]" ([['ja 'od ril bu]]), the mere taste of which liberates one from rebirth in the [[three lower realms]] of [[samsara]]. The common [[klu bdud]] (Codonopsis nervosa) is used, associated with eighteen other medicines, as an anti-inflammatory, an analgesic, a tonic, and as a treatment for gout, abscesses and leprosy. See also, T.J. Tsarong (1986). On the likely identification of the [[klu bdud rdo rje]] as Codonopsis convolvulaceae or Codonopsis ovata, and for a detailed description of this plant and its varieties see Fletcher (1975), Martin (1988, pp. 351-354), and Sorensen (1990). According to [[Terton Rinchen Lingpa]] ([[gter ston rin chen gling pa]], 1295-1375), this plant is called [[Diamond Naga's Devil]], because it is precious like a diamond and because it overcomes the [[nagas]] that cause leprosy and other skin diseases (see [[gso ba rig pa]]'i [[tshig mdzod]] [[g.yu]] [[thog]] [[dgongs rgyan]], p. 18). According to [[Trogawa Rinpoche]], the [[Diamond Naga's Devil]] ([[klu bdud rdo rje]]) should not be confused with the ordinary [[Naga's Devil]] ([[klu bdud]]): only some persons with spiritual capacities can see and find the former at dusk, when the plant is said to emit a faint glow. [MR-ShabkarNotes]






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