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Buddhist tutelary deity
A yidam or iṣṭadevatā is a meditational deity that serves as a focus for meditation and spiritual practice, said to be manifestations of Buddhahood or
Yidam
Outer, inner, secret, and ultimate Buddhist refuge formulations
Lama (Sanskrit: guru) is the 'root of blessing' or 'root of grace' the Yidam (Sanskrit: ishtadevata) is the 'root of methods' or 'root of accomplishments'
Three_Jewels_and_Three_Roots
Divine beings
the Yidam is one of the profound mysteries of the Vajrayana... Especially during the first years of practice the Yidam is of immense importance. Yidam is
Buddhist_deities
Eight auspicious signs in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism
symbols or "symbolic attributes" (Tibetan: ཕྱག་མཚན་, THL: chaktsen) are yidam and teaching tools. Not only do these attributes (or energetic signatures)
Ashtamangala
Enlightened beings in Mahayana Buddhism
visualisation based on the vivid iconography associated with their yidam. Yidams can be peaceful, fierce and "semi-fierce" (having both fierce and peaceful
Wrathful_deities
Female Buddha of Compassion
(Tārāmūlakalpa). Both Green and White Tārā remain popular meditation deities or yidams in Tibetan Buddhism, and Tara is also revered in Newar Buddhism. Tārā is
Tara_(Buddhism)
Yidam in Tantric or Vajrayana Buddhism
rdo rje; Chinese: 喜金剛 Xǐ jīngāng / 呼金剛 Hū jīngāng;) is one of the main yidams (enlightened beings) in Tantric, or Vajrayana Buddhism. Hevajra's consort
Hevajra
Indian religion and philosophy
known as deity yoga (devata yoga). There are numerous meditation deities (yidam) used, each with a mandala, a circular symbolic map used in meditation.
Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhist wrathful deity
རྡོ་རྗེ་གཞོན་ནུ, Wylie: rdo rje gzhon nu, THL: Dorje Shönnu) is a wrathful heruka yidam deity who embodies the enlightened activity of all the Buddhas. His practice
Vajrakilaya
Title in Tibetan Buddhism
as one of the Three Roots, a variant of the Three Jewels, alongside the yidam the dakini. The dharmapala are protector deities. According to specific
Lama
Tenth and final avatar of Hindu deity Vishnu
The central figure is a Yidam, a meditation deity. The 25 seated figures represent the 25 Kings Of Shambhala. The middle figure in the top row represents
Kalki
Tibetan Buddhist deity
Tibetan Buddhism, and in the Kagyu school Vajravarahi is one of its main yidam practices. Vajravarahi is depicted as a naked, often red-skinned maiden
Vajravārāhī
Female deity in Tibetan Buddhism
'knowledge-causing mother-Buddha') is a female, peaceful to semi-wrathful Yidam in Tibetan Buddhism particularly associated with rites of magnetization
Kurukullā
School of Tibetan Buddhism
practice. Deity Yoga is also a feature of Nyingma. The foremost deities (yidam) practiced by the Nyingma masters are Vajrakīla (Tib. Dorje Phurba) and
Nyingma
Vajrayana practice involving visualization of a deity
centered on a chosen deity or "cherished divinity" (Skt. Iṣṭa-devatā, Tib. yidam). This involves the recitation of mantras and prayers alongside the detailed
Deity_yoga
Sacred female spirit in Hinduism and Buddhism
Three Roots. Sometimes she appears as the dharmapala, alongside a guru and yidam. The dakini, in her various guises, serves as each of the Three Roots. She
Dakini
East Asian manifestation of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara
the monastic performing the rite practices deity yoga with Guanyin as the yidam in order to facilitate the ultimate liberation of hungry ghosts as well
Guanyin
Founder of the Bon tradition
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Tonpa_Shenrab_Miwoche
Nondualistic tantra tradition in Tibetan Buddhism
(anuttara-yoga) class. Kālacakra also refers both to a patron tantric deity or yidam in Vajrayana and to the philosophies and yogas of the Kālacakra tradition
Kalachakra
Mahayana Buddhist tantric tradition
or yogini to use an imagined consort (a buddhist tantric deity, i.e. a yidam). Later tantras such as the Hevajra Tantra and the Chakrasamvara are classed
Vajrayana
Guardian/patron deity or spirit
Atua Hanitu Hyang Kaitiaki Kawas (mythology) Tiki Tibetan Buddhism has Yidam as a tutelary deity. Dakini is the patron of those who seek knowledge. Chinese
Tutelary_deity
Traditional shamanistic religion in Nepal
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Gurung_shamanism
A worshipper's favourite deity, in Hinduism
Henotheistic aspects of Hinduism Icon Kuladevata Patron saint Smartism Vedanta Yidam V. S. Apte, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary, p. 250. Jha, J.C. (1976). "The
Ishtadevata
8th-century Buddhist lama
lnga). Each of these consorts is believed to be an emanation of the tantric yidam, Vajravārāhī. As one author writes of these relationships: Yet in reality
Padmasambhava
Tibetan religion
with the nirmanakaya and is the present teacher of Bon in this era. Bon Yidams (meditation or tutelary deities) are those deities which are often used
Bon
and Godai. Although they are called guardian deities, they are actually Yidams. According to Japanese Buddhist customs, each person born in the year of
Eight Protectors of The Twelve Zodiac
Eight_Protectors_of_The_Twelve_Zodiac
Buddhist prayer stone
devotional or intentional process art is a traditional sadhana of piety to yidam. Mani stones are a form of devotional cintamani. The preferred technique
Mani_stone
Temple in Sükhbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Maharajas protectors shown sitting in caves on either side of the door. The Yidam Temple was used as a place of prayer by Choijin Lama Luvsankhaidav, and
Choijin_Lama_Temple
Above-ground location for disposal of the dead
ground as a locality in the symbolic grammar of the Indo-Tibetan 'fierce yidam' or 'wrathful deity' (Sanskrit: heruka) sand mandala: The third concentric
Charnel_ground
Tibetan Buddhist terton and teacher
long periods of dark retreat practice, the gongter of the practice of the yidam Senge Dongma (the Lion-Faced Dakini), various forms of Chöd, and her lifelong
Ayu_Khandro
Tantric practices in Tibetan Buddhism
generation stage, one meditates on emptiness and visualizes one's chosen deity (yidam), its mandala and companion deities, resulting in identification with this
Tibetan_tantric_practice
Form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and globally
stage, one dissolves the mundane world and visualizes one's chosen deity (yidam), its mandala and companion deities, resulting in identification with this
Tibetan_Buddhism
Locality in Himachal Pradesh, India
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Dolanji
Tradition of teachings in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
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Dzogchen
Tibetan form of yarn or thread cross
sequence, and the shape of the namkha differing for each particular deity or yidam. The namkha is placed on the practitioner's altar or shrine and an image
Namkha
Buddhist bodhisattva
In Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara (meaning "the Lord who looks down", IPA: /ˌʌvəloʊkɪˈteɪʃvərə/), also known as Lokeśvara ("Lord of the World") and Chenrezig
Avalokiteśvara
Divine nature in ancient Roman religion
Guardian Angel Jinn Kami Qareen Religion in ancient Rome Tutelary deity Wisdom Yidam Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (2009). "genius". A Latin Dictionary
Genius_(mythology)
God in Hinduism and Tantric Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism and he is also sometimes used as a meditational deity (yidam) in tantric Buddhist yogas. He is depicted in a number of variations, each
Mahakala
Vajrayana Vertiginous question Vice Virtual Virtue Virtue ethics Well-being Well-founded phenomenon Wisdom Work of art Wrong Yi Yoga Yidam Zeitgeist
List of philosophical concepts
List_of_philosophical_concepts
Tulku lineage of the Tibetan Buddhist Karma Kagyu
directly from one's supernatural mind, or via the prediction of one's personal yidams (white or green Tara, for example, or Dharma protectors). Levin, Norma (2013)
Karmapa
of the Five Tantra Classes" (tib : rgyud sde lha lnga) which is the main yidam practice of this school. This practice brings the deities of the Guhyasamāja
Mahāmāyā_Tantra
Ordained practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism
non-celibate wing of ordained sangha, with the practice of a particular yidam being passed through the family lineage. Sam van Schaik writes that the
Ngakpa
Japanese Buddhist worship image
Buddhist pantheon. The role of the tutelary figure is similar to that of the yidam in Tibetan Buddhism. Tutelary deities in Vajrayana Buddhism, including Mikkyō
Honzon
Devotional practices of Buddhists
guided by the yidam to transform his faults, for example anger, to a "parallel kind of wisdom" (Harvey). When incorporating the yidam into one's being
Buddhist_devotion
Invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with a deity
various deities, but the peak view of the tradition is that the deities or yidam are no more existent or real than the continuity (Sanskrit: santana; refer
Prayer
Tibetan religious teacher and leader (1925–2025)
methods of divination. Volume 6: Arrangement for thangka paintings of the yidam deities of the four tantric cycles along with drawings showing their position
Lopön_Tenzin_Namdak
Auspicious object in Indian religions
faiths. In Hindu mythology, Chatra can itself be recognized as a deity, yidam, and ishta-devata.[citation needed] More often, it is an emblem of various
Chatra_(umbrella)
Auspicious symbol in Indian religious traditions
Buddhism, the śrīvatsa is said to be a feature of the tutelary deity (Tibetan: yidam) Mañjuśrī the Youth (Skt: Mañjuśrīkumārabhūta). In Tibetan Buddhism, the
Shrivatsa
Principal Hindu goddess; goddess of knowledge, music, and speech
known as Magzor Gyalmo (the Queen who Repels Armies). Saraswati was the yidam (principal personal meditational deity) of 14th century Tibetan monk Je
Saraswati
Feminine or female deity
The tantric dakini Vajrayogini is an important tantric meditation deity (yidam) in Tibetan Vajrayana, and is also considered to be a female Buddha in her
Goddess
Deity in Buddhism
third eye, ghanta (bell) and pāśa (lasso). He is sometimes represented as a yidam with one head and four hands in a form known as Nilambara-Vajrapani, carrying
Vajrapani
Tantric sexual practices
generation stage, one meditates on emptiness and visualizes one's chosen deity (yidam), its mandala and companion deities, resulting in identification with this
Tantric_sex
Tantric Buddhist female Buddha and ḍākiṇī
Vajrayoginī sādhanās and comprising forty-six works by various authors. The yidam that a meditator identifies with when practicing the Six Yogas of Nāropa
Vajrayogini
Supernatural punishment by a deity
him this question. However he answers it, you should take it to heart. "Yidams". www.himalayanart.org. Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Oxford
Divine_retribution
Hindu deity
Vajrabhairava, Mahākāla and Yamantaka) are considered fierce deities and yidams (tantric meditational deity) in Tibetan Buddhism. They also have their own
Bhairava
Historic literature and religious texts of Buddhism
used by practitioners, primarily to practice the mandala or a particular yidam, or meditation deity. The Sādhanamālā is a collection of sadhanas. Vajrayana
Buddhist_texts
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Lungtok_Tenpai_Nyima
East and Central Asian epic cycle
Institutional Roles Lama Ngakpa Rinpoche Geshe Tertön Lopon Practices and rituals Yidam Tummo Namkha Chöd Ngöndro Deity yoga Phurba Thokcha Thangka Dream yoga Prayer
Epic_of_King_Gesar
(transcendent wisdom) in Mahayana Buddhism. In Tibetan Buddhism, he is also a yidam. His name means "Gentle Glory". Mañjuśrī is also known by the fuller Sanskrit
List_of_bodhisattvas
Bodhisattva in Mahāyāna Buddhism
Namasangiti, Arapacana Manjushri, etc. In Tibetan Buddhism, Mañjuśrī is also an yidam. The Emperor Manjushri as a honorific title was also given to Qing emperors
Manjushri
Buddhist stupa in Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
I will build a support for the wisdom-mind of all the buddhas, my own yidam, a place for beings to accumulate immeasurable merit, a great stūpa whose
Boudha_Stupa
Tibetan Buddhist teacher (1717–1786)
asked him for the tantric teachings and empowerment (abhisheka) of his yidam, Chakrasamvara. As the disciple and requester of the abhisheka, the emperor
Changkya_Rölpé_Dorjé
Tibetan buddhist scholar
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Shardza_Tashi_Gyaltsen
Tantric Buddhist meditational deity
blue Krishna-Yamari (all without the buffalo head). All the former are yidams (meditational deities) whereas Yamaraja (sometimes also called Dharamaraja)
Rakta_Yamari
Indian prayer bead string
kept on one's person. For Tibetan Buddhists, the mala is a symbol of their yidam meditation deity and a reminder of their main mantra and tantric commitments
Japamala
Type of celestial being
Nat (spirit) Noble Eightfold Path Weituo Twenty-Four Protective Deities Yidam Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Daijirin Thiểu Chửu (1966). Hán-Việt Tự-điển (2nd ed
Deva_(Buddhism)
Dharani Sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
establishment by the Third Dalai Lama, Gyalwa Sonam Gyatso. Namgyälma is a female yidam, or meditational deity, and a long-life deity of the Kriya Tantra class
Uṣṇīṣa_Vijaya_Dhāraṇī
Tibetan diety
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Shenlha_Okar
Representations of the five qualities of the Adi-Buddha
In Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, the Five Tathāgatas (Skt: पञ्चतथागत, pañcatathāgata); (Ch: 五方佛, Wǔfāngfó) or Five Wisdom Tathāgatas (Ch: 五智如来, Wǔzhì
Five_Tathāgatas
Bon monastery in Ngawa Town, Sichuan, China
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Nangzhik_Gompa
Bodhisattva
php.datathangka.com. "Practice Manual for the Generation Phase of the Yidam Deity of the Innermost Cycle" (PDF). www.samyetranslations.org. Mayer, Rob
Kṣitigarbha
Tibetan yogi and scholar
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Drenpa_Namkha
Set of Tibetan Buddhist tantric practices
to an imagined consort (which will be a buddhist tantric deity, i.e. a yidam). According to Ulrich Timme Kragh, in the writings of Gampopa, the six dharmas
Six_Dharmas_of_Naropa
Tibetan Buddhist practice
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Sky_gazing_(Dzogchen)
foundational figures, and more recent monks. Large numbers of these are yidams or meditation deities. The appearance of these and their surrounding elements
Tibetan_art
Ritual of Western ceremonial magic
connection of unrelated events Tutelary deity – Guardian/patron deity or spirit Yidam – Buddhist tutelary deity Betz (1996). Stratton-Kent (2012). King (1971);
Bornless_Ritual
District of Bhutan
Choeying Dzong is the most important site of Phajo Drugom Zhigpo where Yidam Tandin appeared before him in person and delivered precepts to him. Dodeydra
Thimphu_District
Buddhist skeletal protector deities
Citipati (Sanskrit: चितिपति), Chitipati or Shmashana Adhipati is a protector deity or dharmapala in Tibetan Buddhism and Vajrayana Buddhism of the Himalayas
Citipati_(Buddhism)
Buddha of Transcendent Wisdom
Prajñāpāramitā Devī (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिता देवी, lit. 'Perfection of Wisdom Goddess'; Tibetan: ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་མ, abbr. ཤེར་ཕྱིན་མ, Wylie:
Prajñāpāramitā_Devī
Monastery in Sükhbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
("Venerable Monk"), and the temple became known by this title. The main yidam of this temple was Vajrayogini, and the main dharmapala was Tsambashadag
Dashchoilin_Monastery
This involves the recitation of mantras, prayers and visualization of the yidam or deity (usually the form of a Buddha or a bodhisattva) along with the
Buddhist_meditation
Tibetan Lama
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Tenzin_Wangyal_Rinpoche
Female deity in Vajrayana Buddhism
Cundī (Sanskrit, IPA: [t͜ɕʊndiː]; Chinese: 準提; pinyin: Zhǔntí; Japanese: Juntei; Tibetan: ལྷ་མོ་སྐུལ་བྱེད་མ།, Wylie: lha mo skul byed ma, THL: lha-mo kül-jé-ma)
Cundi_(Buddhism)
Collections of canonical texts of the Tibetan Bön religion
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Bön_Kangyur_and_Tengyur
Island in Maloe More, Lake Baikal, Russia
Commons has media related to Ogoy Island. a Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhist yidam found in the Chöd lineages "SIFIBR RAS scientific expedition of revegetation
Ogoy_Island
Tibetan meditation practice
(Tibetan: dag snang) and the perception of Sambhogakaya thoughtforms and yidam simulacrum. The Nyingma tradition views itself as the fruit of three streams
Dream_yoga
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Sangpo_Bumtri
Nature reserve in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Prominent are "Demchog Sume", home of the guardian deity Alkhanov Demchog (yidam Chakrasamvara), "Temple Gate" - a rock with an opening in the center through
Alkhanay_National_Park
One of the eight "minor" lineages of the Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism
Setting the motivation, arousing bodhichitta, Deity yoga, generating the Yidam. The main deity in Drikung is Chakrasamvara (in union with consort Vajravarahi)
Drikung_Kagyu
Concept in Buddhism
a thousand years of evil and destruction. Divine embodiment Refuge tree Yidam Saguna Brahman Harvey 1995, p. 126. Harvey 1995, p. 128. Namdak 1991. Yampolski
Saṃbhogakāya
2021–2022 South Korean television series
출연 확정…이이담과 호흡 [Lee Kyu-Hyun confirmed to appear in JTBC's 'Duke City'... Yidam and breathing]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved April 28
Artificial_City
Abode of a buddha or bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
and sacred tools that have been consecrated, dedicated and the 'deity' (yidam) invoked and requested to reside.[clarification needed] Some namkha are
Pure_Land
A Yamari (གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད shin je she in Tibetan) is a yidam or meditation deity of the Anuttara Yoga Tantra method (father) classification. The Word यमारि
Yamari
Two mahasiddha sisters in Tantric Buddhism
Princeton University Press. pp. 413. ISBN 0691127581. Combined images "The yidam – Vajrayogini | Tsem Rinpoche's Resources". resources.tsemtulku.com. Retrieved
Mekhala_and_Kanakhala
10th-century Pala siddhacharya
transmitted this tantra to Tibet, where it has continued as the principal yidam sadhana (practice) of the Kagyu school till date. Luipad was well versed
Luipada
Tibetan ritual implement
wrathful, but may bear the umbrella of the ashtamangala or mushroom cap, Yidam (like Hayagriva),[citation needed] snow lion, or stupa, among other possibilities
Phurba
Tibetan Buddhist imagery
important Lamas and Lineage Holders, particular meditational deities (Tibetan: Yidam), the Dakinis (Tibetan: Khadroma) or the Protectors of the Lineage (Sanskrit:
Refuge_tree
Beings in Vajrayana Buddhism
Heruka (Sanskrit: हेरुक, Standard Tibetan: ཁྲག་འཐུང, Wylie: khrag 'thung) is the name of a category of wrathful deities, enlightened beings in Vajrayana
Heruka
Religious society
practice path of Buddhism. Sometimes they are the consorts of the main yidam of a meditation mandala but Buddhas such as Vajrayogini, Tara and Simhamukha
Women_in_Buddhism
Buddhist ceremonial flaying knife
attributes. In the iconography of the enlightened dakinis and tantric female yidams, it is common to find the hooked kartika knife in her right hand and the
Kartika_(knife)
YIDAM
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Lord Buddha
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Karna (Son of Radha)
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Hindu, Indian
Mind Maker
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Tamil
Name of a God
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Indian
Somebody who gives shelter, Goddess Lakshmi
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Italian
Lady. From the respectful title Donna.
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Wanderer, Traveler
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Polish Czechoslovakian
A flower name.
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British, Christian, English, French, German
A Dancing Song; Brave and Strong
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Arabic
Great
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