A yidam or iṣṭadevatā is a meditational deity that serves as a focus for meditation and spiritual practice, said to be manifestations of Buddhahood or...
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Three Jewels and Three Roots (section Yidam)
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'...
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Buddhist deities (section Yidam)
the Yidam is one of the profound mysteries of the Vajrayana... Especially during the first years of practice the Yidam is of immense importance. Yidam is...
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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)...
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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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Wrathful deities (category Yidams)
visualisation based on the vivid iconography associated with their yidam. Yidams can be peaceful, fierce and "semi-fierce" (having both fierce and peaceful...
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Tara (Buddhism) (category Yidams)
(Tārāmūlakalpa). Both Green and White Tārā remain popular meditation deities or yidams in Tibetan Buddhism, and Tara is also revered in Newar Buddhism. Tārā is...
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Henotheistic aspects of Hinduism Icon Kuldevta Patron saint Smartism Vedanta Yidam V. S. Apte, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary, p. 250. Jha, J.C. (1976). "The...
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Avalokiteśvara (category Yidams)
In Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara (meaning "the lord who looks down", IPA: /ˌʌvəloʊkɪˈteɪʃvərə/), also known as Lokeśvara ("Lord of the World") and Chenrezig...
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Vajrayoginī sādhanas and comprising forty-six works by various authors. The yidam that a meditator identifies with when practicing the Six Yogas of Nāropa...
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