-
toward specific yidams based on
personal affinity or
spiritual aspirations. This
personal connection can
guide practitioners towards yidams that resonate...
-
visualisation based on the
vivid iconography ****ociated with
their yidam.
Yidams can be peaceful,
fierce and "semi-fierce" (having both
fierce and peaceful...
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actual deity who has been
invited to
dwell in the devotee's heart, the
Yidams of
Tantric Buddhism are in fact the
emanations of the adept's own mind....
- 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...
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often manifest in
unusual and
fierce forms,
which are used in
tantra as
yidams or
meditation deities.
While some of
these deities have a
hideous and fierce...
- 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'...
- as one of the
Three Roots (a
variant of the
Three Jewels),
alongside the
yidam and
protector (who may be a dakini,
dharmapala or
other Buddhist deity figure)...
-
known as
deity yoga (devata yoga).
There are
numerous meditation deities (
yidam) used, each with a mandala, a
circular symbolic map used in meditation....
- In Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara (meaning "the lord who
looks down", IPA: /ˌʌvəloʊkɪˈteɪʃvərə/), also
known as Lokeśvara ("Lord of the World") and Chenrezig...
-
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)...
