This is a place where Guru Rinpoche (Guru Padmashambhava) andhis wisdom consort, Lhacham Mandarava, achieved immortality through the blessings of Amitayus, the Buddha of long life. There is a place to sit and meditate. You can go into meditative states here effortlessly.
How to Get there
Matarika or Halesi Mahadev Cave is situated 220 kms east of Kathmandu valley.
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/7yBUY4LQT7sgwKJY6
While in retreat at the Maratika Cave, Guru Rinpoche and Princess Mandarava met face-to-face with Amitayus, Lord of Infinite Life. Through this momentous connection of the Mahaguru and his consort, and their accomplishment of unending life, Maratika sets the stage for endless lifetimes of Guru Rinpoché’s enlightened activity throughout India, Nepal, Tibet, and countless other realms. The very landscape of Maratika has become indivisible from the mandala of Amitayus, as practiced and accomplished by Guru Rinpoché and Mandarava. It is considered to be the very residence of the Buddha of Boundless Life, Amitayus, a sacred site that still imbues pilgrims with its unique blessings. For this reason, it is unmatched as a supreme practice location for the empowerment and extension of life and longevity.
About Padmashambhava
Padmasambhava The Lotus Born, is said to have transmitted Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet in the 8th century. In those lands he is better known as Guru Rinpoche (“Precious Master”) or Lopon Rinpoche, where followers of the Nyingma school regard him as the second Buddha. He said: “My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantrabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of the sphere and awareness. My name is the Glorious Lotus Born. I am from the unborn sphere of all phenomena. I consume concepts of duality as my diet. I act in the way of the Buddhas of the three times.” He was born into a monarchic Brahmin family. His Pureland Paradise is Zangdok Palri (the Copper-coloured Mountain). He is further considered an emanation of Amitabha Buddha and traditionally even venerated as “a second Buddha”.
Source
https://www.nekhor.org/padmasambhava/nepal/maratika
http://www.tamqui.com/buddhaworld/Padmasambhava
