Shantideva was a Buddhist scholar, monk and philosopher, who lived between the 7th century and the 8th century. He is considered one of the 84 Mahasiddhas. Born a wealthy prince, Shantideva turned his back on the material world the night before he was to be crowned king. This extraordinary transformation blossomed from the teachings...
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Arya Nagarjuna was a famous Mahasiddha, Buddhist philosopher, and alchemist who was born 400 years after Buddha Shakyamuni’s parinirvana. He is known for establishing the Middle Path (Madhyamaka) Buddhist tradition, making gold to fulfil the needs of the Sangha, and retrieving the Prajnaparamita Sutra from the Naga realm. Nagarjuna is considered the first of...
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Machig Labdron (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Heruka Chakrasamvara, Green Tara, Prajnaparamita, Vajravarahi, Machig Labdron, Padampa Sangye, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, Troma Nagmo, Chang Shon, Tsiu Marpo and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Machig Labdron (Tibetan) Machig Labdron’s name means ‘Sole Mother from Lab’ and she is widely considered to be a dakini and an emanation of...
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Virupa (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Virupa and Dorje Shugden Deity: Virupa (Sanskrit) Tibetan: Drubchen Birwapa (Tibetan) The Mahasiddha Virupa was born to a royal family of India around the 7th Century CE. His name was Dharmapala but he later became known by various other names including Biwawa, Virupa or Birwapa. He entered Nalanda...
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Four-Armed Saraswati (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Four-Armed Saraswati and Dorje Shugden Deity: Saraswati (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Yangchenma / Yangchen Drolma (Tibetan); Goddess Tara of Song and Music (English) Saraswati is a well-known Indian goddess of music, wisdom and learning. She is widely regarded as both the emanation of Tara as well as the...
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King Trisong Detsen (Main figure) (Top to bottom): King Trisong Detsen, Guru Rinpoche, Shantarakshita and Dorje Shugden. Deity: King Trisong Detsen (Tibetan) King Trisong Detsen is known as one of the Three Dharma Kings of Tibet, together with Songtsen Gampo and Tri Ralpachen. He played a pivotal role in establishing Buddhism in Tibet, for...
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Red Tara (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Green Tara, Red Tara and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Red Tara (English) Alternative name: Rakta Tara (Sanskrit) Tara is a very important figure in Tibetan Buddhism. She is known as the ‘saviouress’ and is also considered the embodiment of the activity of all the Buddhas. According to the...
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Buddha Shakyamuni (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni and Dorje Shugden Deity: Buddha Shakyamuni (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Sangye Shakya Tupa (Tibetan) Buddha Shakyamuni is the current and historical Buddha who was born a prince in the region of Lumbini (in what is now Nepal). He left the palace, became a wandering mendicant and...
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King Manjushri Yashas (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Kalachakra, Dharma King Suresana, King Manjushri Yashas and Dorje Shugden. Deity: King Manjushri Yashas (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Rigden Jampel Dragpa (Tibetan) In 880 BCE, Buddha revealed himself as Sri Kalachakra in Dhanyakataka in South India in order to expound the Kalachakra teachings to King of Shambhala,...
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Marici (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Green Tara, Marici and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Marici (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Ozer Chenma (Tibetan) Marici is known as the Goddess of the Dawn and she takes on a number of forms. In one of her forms, she rides a white horse mount through the sky in order to...
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Arya Asanga (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Arya Asanga and Dorje Shugden Deity: Asanga (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Thogme (Tibetan) Asanga is one of the most famous Indian Buddhist masters and saints. In Tibet, he is known as one of the Two Crowns, referring to two important Buddhist masters. The other of the Two Crowns...
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Lama Tsongkhapa (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Lama Tsongkhapa, Gyaltsab Je, Khedrub Je and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Lama Tsongkhapa (Tibetan) Alternative name: Lobsang Drakpa (Tibetan); Sumati Kirti (Sanskrit) Lama Tsongkhapa was a 15th Century scholar-yogi who established the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. After spending years studying and meditating, he established monastic institutions of...
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Protector Thangka (Main figures) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Lama Tsongkhapa, Guru Rinpoche, Tsangpa Karpo, Nechung Pehar Gyalpo and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Dorje Shugden (Tibetan) Alternative name: Vajra Rudra (Sanskrit) Dorje Shugden is an emanation of the Buddha of Wisdom, Manjushri. He took the form of a Dharma Protector in order to safeguard the...
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Milarepa (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Marpa, Milarepa and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Milarepa (Tibetan) The enduring story of Milarepa (1052-1135) is perhaps one of the most popular stories of a Tibetan yogin. He was born in Gungthang province of Western Tibet, bordering Nepal. When he was just seven, his father passed away and his...
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Green Tara and the Eight Taras (Main figures) (Top to bottom): Green Tara, Eight Taras and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Arya Tara (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Green Tara (English); Shyama Tara (Sanskrit); Drolma (Tibetan); Droljang (Tibetan) Tara is known as Jetsun Drolma in Tibetan and she is a very important figure in Tibetan Buddhism. She is...
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Kali (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Kali and Dorje Shugden Deity: Kali (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Lhamo Tromo (Tibetan) Kali is a Hindu goddess whose name means ‘she who is black’ or ‘she who is death’. However, she is also known by other epithets and has many forms. For Hindus, she embodies the very essence...
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Cittipati (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Cittipati, Vajra Yogini, Dorje Shugden and Trakze. Deity: Cittipati (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Durdak Yabyum (Tibetan); Shri Shmashana Adhipati (Sanskrit) According to scriptural sources, Cittipati is also known as Shri Shmashana Adhipati, which literally means ‘Lord and Lady of the Charnel Ground’. The practice of propitiating Cittipati arises from...
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King Gesar of Ling (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Machen Pomra, King Gesar, Dorje Shugden and Tsangpa Karpo. Deity: King Gesar of Ling (English) King Gesar is both a historical figure and a folk hero from Eastern Tibet and his story is immortalised in Tibetan literature. Records indicate that he lived around...
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Eye-Opening Chenrezig (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Buddha Amitabha, Eye-Opening Chenrezig, Dorje Shugden and the Nine Mothers. Deity: Eye-Opening Chenrezig (English) Alternative name: Chenrezig Migchey (Tibetan) Chenrezig is a popular archetypal Bodhisattva in the Sutras, in which he strives towards complete enlightenment. Within the teachings of Vajrayana Buddhism, Chenrezig is said to...
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Twelve-Armed Gelug Heruka (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Heruka Chakrasamvara, Dorje Shugden and Four-Faced Mahakala. Deity: Heruka Chakrasamvara (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Khorlo Demchog (Tibetan) Heruka is the principal deity of the Chakrasamvara Tantras. He is a meditational Buddha of the Highest Yoga Tantra classification, which means that his practice has the potential to bring...
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