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Mind-Only (sems tsam pa), Chittamatra. A Mahayana school of Buddhist philosophy propagated by the great master Asanga and his followers. Founded on the Lankavatara Sutra and other scriptures, its main premise is that all phenomena are only mind, i.e. mental perceptions that appear within the all-ground consciousness due to habitual tendencies. Positively, this view relinquishes the fixation on a solid reality. Negatively, there is still clinging to a truly existing 'mind' within which everything takes place.

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-[[Image:Vajrayogini.jpg|frame|[[Vajrayogini, in the Naropa tradition]]]]
+'''Mind-Only''' ([[sems tsam pa]]), [[Chittamatra]]. A Mahayana school of Buddhist philosophy propagated by the great master [[Asanga]] and his followers. Founded on the [[Lankavatara Sutra]] and other scriptures, its main premise is that all phenomena are only mind, i.e. mental perceptions that appear within the [[all-ground consciousness]] due to [[habitual tendencies]]. Positively, this view relinquishes the fixation on a solid reality. Negatively, there is still clinging to a truly existing 'mind' within which everything takes place.
-[[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.
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-In the [[Kagyu]] tradition, her [[sadhana]] is often given as the students's entry into [[Anuttara Yoga]] practice. In this tradition [[Vajrayogini]] is called [[Vajravarahi]].
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-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.
-[[rje btsun mkha' spyod rdo rje btsun mo]] - vajrayogini as khechari [RY]
-[[rje btsun nA ro mkha' spyod ma]] - vajrayogini khecari teachings handed down from Naropa [RY]
-[[dus mtshan]] - kalaratri (hindu goddess on whom vajrayogini tramples), king of kalinga, descendant of chakravarti raja [JV]
-See Also [[Vajra Yogini]] and [[Vajra yogini]]
-[[bdud mgon]] - maranatha, [Epithet of gayadhara, the protector of the vajrayogini sadhana] [RY]
-[[me]] - 1) fire, flame, ember [Notes this is to describe the source of dharmas in vajrayogini's secret place, another suggestion was "glowing like a fire mandala"]; 2) anaka, (the 50th year, male fire dragon) [IW]
-[[Category: Key Terms]] [[Category: Mahayana]][[Category: Sutra]] [[Category: Vajrayana]] [[Category: Tantra]] [[Category: Tantric Deities]] [[Category: Teachings]] [[Category: Rime']]

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