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Each aspect of Vajrayoginī's form and mandala is designed to convey a spiritual meaning. For example, her brilliant red-colored body symbolizes the blazing of her tummo ( candali ) or "inner fire" of spiritual transformation as well as life force ( Shakti ), blood of birth and menstrual blood. [ 9 ]
Often, Vajravarahi is conflated iconographically with Vajrayogini. She is sometimes called the 'two-faced' Vajrayogini ( shal nyi ma ) [ 7 ] because of the sow's head. The major iconographic differences are reflected in Vajravarahi's dancing posture and her sow's head symbol, while Vajrayogini is in a standing posture, has a damaru (drum) in ...
Other forms of the deities are also known with varying numbers of limbs and features, such as a two armed version. According to the Buddhist Tantric scholar Abhayakaragupta, the deity's mandala is described thus: In the Samvara mandala there is a variegated lotus atop Mount Sumeru within an adamantine tent (vajrapañjara). Placed on it is a ...
In 1960 and 1961, after he and the Dalai Lama had fled to India, he gave the Dalai Lama the major empowerments of Heruka Five Deities according to Ghantapa, Vajrayogini according to Naropa, and other initiations. In 1962 he gave him the empowerment of the Body Mandala of Heruka and taught generation stage and completion stage of this Tantra.
The Vidhyeshvari Vajra Yogini Temple - also known as the Bijeśvarī Vajrayoginī, [2] Bidjeshwori Bajra Jogini, [3] Bijayaswar, Bidjeswori, or Visyasvari Temple [1] - is a Newar Buddhist temple in the Kathmandu valley dedicated to the Vajrayāna Buddhist deity Vajrayoginī (or Bajra Jogini in the Newar language) in her form as Akash Yogini.
BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Sunday it was taking countermeasures against two Canadian institutions and 20 people involved in human rights issues concerning the Uyghurs and Tibet.
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Dedan Thomas Jr. scored 21 points as UNLV beat Fresno State 87-77 on Saturday night. Thomas also contributed six assists for the Rebels (7-5, 1-0 Mountain West Conference). Jailen Bedford shot 5 ...