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What is yidam?
yi-dam, in Tibetan Buddhism, a tutelary, or guardian, deity with whom a lama (monk) has a special, secret relationship. The lama first prepares himself by meditation, then selects from among the guardian deities the one that reveals itself as offering the right guidance for a specific or lifelong goal.
How do you use a Phurba dagger?
Tantric priests (guruju) use Bhairab phurbas for the curing of disease and especially for curing children’s diseases. For these cases the point of the phurba blade is dipped into a glass or a bowl of water, turned and stirred. The sick child is then given the magically charged water as medicine to drink.
What is tantric consort?
The tantric consort is the ultimate other. In fact, in the tantric tradition, it is said that moment by moment, he or she represents to us the entire phenomenal world.
What is Tibetan phurba?
The phurba (Sanskrit: kila) dagger seen here was designed to symbolically consume the triple poisons of ignorance, greed, and delusion that impede spiritual progress. The phurba is the embodiment of the Vajrakila Buddha, who is empowered to suppress all evil in the world.
What is Vajrakilaya and why is it important?
The widespread practice of Ratna Lingpa’s Vajrakilaya has brought a great deal of benefit to many practitioners and is an important yidam practice for the Kagyupas; every year, many Kagyu and Nyingma monasteries practise drupchens or drupchös based on Ratna Lingpa’s Vajrakilaya.
Is Vajrakilaya practiced in Tibetan Buddhism?
Many great masters both in India and Tibet, but especially in Tibet, have practiced Vajrakilaya (especially in the Nyingma lineage, and among the Kagyu and also within the Sakya ). The Sakya’s main deity, besides Hevajra, is Vajrakilaya.
Who is Vajrakilaya (rdo rje gzhon nu)?
rdo rje gzhon nu) — the wrathful heruka Vajrakilaya is the yidam deity who embodies the enlightened activity of all the buddhas and whose practice is famous for being the most powerful for removing obstacles, destroying the forces hostile to compassion and purifying the spiritual pollution so prevalent in this age.
Who is Padmasambhava and Vajrakilaya?
Vajrakilaya is a significant Vajrayana deity who transmutes and transcends obstacles and obscurations. Padmasambhava achieved realisation through practicing Yangdag Heruka (Tibetan: yang dag he ru ka), but only after combining it with the practice of Vajrakilaya to clean and clear obstacles and obscurations.