Tibetan Buddhist Iconography With A Focus On Padmasambhava
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Tibetan Buddhist Iconography With A Focus On Padmasambhava
In the teachings of the Tantras, the goddesses are said to have three forms through which they can be engaged: the image we see in paintings and statues, the mantra, and the geometric form, or yantra. Each of these forms, the Tantric sages say, fully contains the energy of the deity. As we tune into that unique energy signature, it will start to
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In Tibetan Buddhism and other forms of Vajrayana, a yidam is a meditational deity used as a focus for practice to realize one's innate Buddha-nature.
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felt in my life. In the room where I meditate, I have a Tibetan scroll painting (called a thanka) of the bodhisattva of compassion. Known as Tara in Tibet and Kwan Yin in China, she is an embodiment of healing and compassion.