Vajrayogini (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Vajrayogini, Mahasiddha Naropa and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Vajrayogini (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Naro Kechari (Sanskrit); Dorje Neljorma (Tibetan) Vajrayogini is a female tantric Buddha who has many forms and is practised in many lineages within Tibetan Buddhism. She embodies the fully enlightened female aspect of a Buddha and her...
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Manjushri (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Manjushri Arapachana and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Manjushri Arapachana (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Jamyang Arapatsana (Tibetan) Manjushri is the patron Buddha of Wisdom. In his right hand, he holds a flaming wisdom sword which cuts away the roots of ignorance from our lives and in his left hand, he holds...
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Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Brahmarupa Mahakala, Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen was the heir to the Zimkhang Gongma line of incarnations. The first in the line of these illustrious incarnations was the great Panchen Sonam Drakpa (1478-1554). ‘Zimkhang Gongma’ literally means the...
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Once upon a time I was born a small child in a cold hospital. I was tiny, helpless, an infant. I couldn’t take care of myself. I was vulnerable. I was cold. I was crying. I was hungry. I needed care. I wanted love. I looked for affection. I didn’t have identity. I was...
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Four-Armed Ganapati (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Four-Armed White Ganapati and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Four-Armed White Ganapati (English) Alternative name: Chaturbhuja Sita Ganapati (Sanskrit); Tsodag Karpo Chagzhipa (Tibetan) In the Tibetan tradition, Ganapati is the Sanskrit name normally used to describe this elephant-headed deity. However, his Indian epithet ‘Ganesha’ carries the same meaning ‘Lord...
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Orange Manjushri (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Saraswati, Orange Manjushri and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Orange Manjushri Alternative names: Jampel Arapatsana (Tibetan); Arapachana Manjushri (Sanskrit) Manjushri is the patron Buddha of Wisdom. In his right hand, he holds a flaming wisdom sword which cuts away the roots of ignorance from our lives and in his...
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People’s desire for sex, relationships and all that is such a downfall when all their energies is focused on this mainly. Their whole energy and mind is consumed with this until their mental ‘winds’ go off either temporarily or fully or permanently.. When their true friends and people who love them are abandoned and...
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Saraswati (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Manjushri, 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 consort...
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Ucchusma (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Ucchusma and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Ucchusma (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Tromo Metsek (Tibetan), Krodhini Bhurkumkuta (Sanskrit) The practice of the black dakini Ucchusma arose from a pure vision beheld by the Indian Mahasiddha Drupangsa. He had a vision of her in the forest and received the initiation of her...
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Guhyasamaja (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Lama Tsongkhapa, Heruka Chakrasamvara, Guhyasamaja, Yamantaka, Four-Faced Mahakala, Six-Armed Mahakala, Kalarupa and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Guhyasamaja (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Sangwa Dupa (Tibetan); Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra (Sanskrit) Guhyasamaja is one of the three Kingly Tantras (Tibetan: Sang De Jig Sum) of the Gelug order as proliferated by Lama...
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Heruka Vajrasattva (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Heruka Vajrasattva and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Heruka Vajrasattva (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Vajra Hero Father and Mother (English); Dorje Sempa Yab-Yum (Tibetan) Vajrasattva in sacred union with his consort is a Tantric meditational deity specifically for the purification of negative karma and defilements, and is particularly utilised in...
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Ucchusma (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Akshobhya, Ucchusma and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Ucchusma (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Tromo Metsek (Tibetan); Krodhini Bhurkumkuta (Sanskrit) The practice of the black dakini Ucchusma arose from a pure vision beheld by the Indian Mahasiddha Drupangsa. He had a vision of her in the forest and received the initiation...
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Healing Guru Rinpoche (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Healing Guru Rinpoche and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Healing Guru Rinpoche (English) Alternative names: Guru Padmasambhava Bhaisajyaguru (Sanskrit); Ogyen Menlha (Tibetan) Guru Rinpoche, also known as Guru Padmasambhava, is highly revered within all schools of Tibetan Buddhism and there are three well-known stories regarding his birth. The...
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Dukkar Se Sum (Main Figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Green Tara, Sengdongma, Dukkar, Prajnaparamita, Kalarupa and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Dukkar (Tibetan) Alternative names: Sitatapatra (Sanskrit); White Parasol (English) The awe-inspiring Dukkar is an extremely efficacious female deity. According to scriptural sources, her all-powerful form emerged from the ushnisha or sacred crown protuberance of...
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Maitreya (Main Figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Buddha Kashyapa, Maitreya, White Mahakala and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Maitreya (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Jampa (Tibetan); Ajita (Sanskrit) Maitreya’s name literally means ‘Great Love’ in the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit. He is said to currently be a crowned bodhisattva residing in Tushita pure realm, awaiting his...
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Wrathful Guru Rinpoche (Main Figure) (Top to bottom): Four-Armed Chenrezig, Wrathful Guru Rinpoche, Medicine Guru Rinpoche, Ekajati and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Wrathful Guru Rinpoche Alternative names: Guru Padmasambhava (Sanskrit); Pema Jungne (Tibetan) Guru Rinpoche, also known as Guru Padmasambhava, is highly revered within all schools of Tibetan Buddhism and there are three well-known stories...
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Vajradharma (Main Figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Vajradharma, Vajrayogini, Hero Vajradharma and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Vajradharma (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Dorje Cho (Tibetan) Within the extremely potent Vajrayogini Tantras of Tibetan Buddhism, there are 11 Yogas or meditative exercises described for practitioners to further their spiritual practice. These meditative practices are meant to transform...
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Thousand-Armed Chenrezig (Main Figure) (Top to bottom): Manjushri, Vajrapani, Thousand-Armed Chenrezig, Green Tara and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Thousand-Armed Chenrezig (Tibetan) Alternative names: Avalokiteshvara (Sanskrit); Arya Sahasrabhuja Ekadasamukha (Sanskrit); All-Seeing Universal Lord (English); Noble Thousand-Armed Eleven-Headed (English) Chenrezig is known as the Buddha of Compassion and his thousand-armed form is testament to his unceasing mission...
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Saraswati (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Manjushri, Saraswati, Palden Lhamo 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...
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When walking for health reasons or circumambulating holy objects, we can recite lots of mantras and pronounce the mantras with concentration. This will make our daily walks have deeper meaning. Benefiting both body and mind. 🙂 Try to memorize the long mantra of Manjushri which I have and can give you here. Recite that...
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