practices of Vajravārāhī in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and in the Kagyu school Vajravarahi is one of its main yidam practices. Vajravarahi is depicted...
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Vajrayogini (section Vajravārāhī and other forms)
Samding Monastery in Tibet have traditionally been seen as emanations of Vajravārāhī, which continues this specific lineage of female tulkus to the present...
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revelation of either the Dharmakāya Buddha Mahāvajradhara or of the goddess Vajravārāhī. The central deity of the tradition is called Samvara, Śamvara, Śrī Heruka...
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using secretive Vamamarga Tantric practices. The Buddhist goddesses Vajravārāhī and Marichi have their origins in the Hindu goddess Varahi. According...
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Mahākāla Hayagrīva Amitābha Bhaiṣajyaguru/Akṣobhya Guhyasamāja Vajrayoginī/Vajravārāhī Heruka/Cakrasaṃvara Yamāntaka Kālacakra Hevajra Chöd Vajrapāṇi Avalokiteśvara...
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Dancing Vajravārāhī, a Buddhist tantric deity, Nepal, 11th–12th century...
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Tibetan Chakrasamvara statue in Yab-Yum union with his consort Vajravārāhī...
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independent deities. The most prevalent wrathful dakinis are Vajrayogini and Vajravārāhī. A common form of imagery is the yab-yum of a Buddha and consort in sexual...
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independent deities. The most prevalent wrathful dakinis are Vajrayogini, Vajravārāhī, Nairatmya, and Kurukullā. Buddhist mythology overlapped with Hindu mythology...
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Vajrapani, who assumes the power of Tara and then becomes the wrathful Vajravārāhī. The two are cosmically related to Rudra, as in their previous lives...
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elements respectively. According to Tantras of Chakravarti, and Tantras of Vajravārāhī, a ceremony needs to be held for melting and blessing the Inner-Offering...
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the feminine version of, Surya and, in other ways, to Usha, Durga, and Vajravārāhī. She is one of the goddesses (or gods) invoked in Buddhist dharanis....
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19th century, Rubin Museum of Art Mandala of the Six Chakravartins Vajravarahi mandala Jain cosmological diagrams and text. Mandala painted by a patient...
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these consorts is believed to be an emanation of the tantric yidam, Vajravārāhī. As one author writes of these relationships: Yet in reality, he [Padmasambhava]...
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recognized her as an emanation of Machig Labdrön through the lineage of Vajravārāhī and appointed her as the first Samding Dorje Phagmo. Chökyi Drönma was...
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prajna Vajravarahi (1544 AD). Discovered in Nepal, statue on display at Prince of Wales museum. Padmasambhava in Yab-Yum Chakrasamvara-Vajravarahi Bhairava...
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Saṃvara with Vajravārāhī in Yab-Yum. These tantric Buddhist depictions of sexual union symbolize the non-dual union of compassion and emptiness....
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Buddhists consider Guhyeshwari to be sacred to Vajrayogini in the form of Vajravarahi and to be the location of root of the mythical lotus upon which Swayambhunath...
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and fellow disciple. They both assume the wrathful forms Hayagriva and Vajravarahi, who challenge Rudra with nine dances and battle him. Hayagriva turns...
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transmission of Maitripada's commentaries of the dohā literature, caṇḍālī, Vajravārāhī and Hevajra practices. Eight original works and twenty translations have...
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polymath Thang Tong Gyalpo, who first identified her as an emanation of Vajravārāhī, and the consort of Bodong Panchen. The seat of the Samding Dorje Phagmo...
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(compiled in the 5th-6th centuries), Cakrasaṃvara (8th century), Hevajra, Vajravārāhī, Kālacakra, among other Anuttara Yoga texts (later, between the 8th and...
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in Nepal, is identified with Vajravarahi by Buddhists. She wears a silver mundamala signifying her identity as Vajravarahi and her ferocious nature. Like...
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(Padmapani, Khasarpana), Vajrapani, Tara, Marichi, Yamantaka, Jambhala and Vajravārāhī. For centuries before its re-"discovery" by Europeans, the temple was...
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enlightened qualities. Chakrasamvara, often depicted in union with his consort Vajravarahi, symbolizes the union of wisdom and compassion. Vajrakilaya embodies...
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for example, are depicted as dancing gods and goddesses, with Heruka, Vajravarahi, and Marichi in Odissi-like postures. Historical evidence, states Alexandra...
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teachings from her. She is patroness of the Sakya school and an acolyte of Vajravārāhī. She is a sarvabuddhaḍākinī, having access to all the Buddhas and thus...
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Vajrayogini"). Chinnamunda is the severed-head form of goddess Vajrayogini (or Vajravarahi, a ferocious form of Vajrayogini), who is depicted similar to Chhinnamasta...
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Phagmo, Chökyi Drönma (1422–1455), the female incarnation lineage of Vajravārāhī. Thangtong Gyalpo is said to have built 58 iron chain suspension bridges...
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polymath Thang Tong Gyalpo, who first identified her as an emanation of Vajravārāhī, and the consort of Bodong Panchen. The seat of the Samding Dorje Phagmo...
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