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[[Vajrayogini]]  ([[rdo rje rnal 'byor ma]]). A [[semiwrathful yidam]]. She is red, with one face and two arms, young and beautiful but enraged and wearing ornaments of human bones. She represents the transformation of ignorance and passion into [[shunyata]] and compassion.
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In India there were many [[Vajrayogini]] traditions, only few were transmitted to Tibet.
 
 
 
In the [[Kagyu tradition]], her sadhana is often given as the students's entry into [[Anuttarayoga]] practice. In this tradition [[Vajrayogini]] is called [[Vajravarahi]].
 
 
 
The Sakya tradition has a special [[Vajrayogini]] lineage going back to [[Naropa]], who only transmitted this lineage to the Phamthingka brothers, and from them it was transmitted to the [[Sakya]] lineage in Tibet.
 
 
 
The [[Gelug]] tradition received the lineage from the [[Sakya]] lineage, and it's now a separate lineage.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Category:Tantric Deities]]
 

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