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-Six Sages ([[sprul sku thub drug]])
+Samvaragarbha - ([[bde mchog snying po]]): [[Essence of Sublime Bliss]] alias [[Manjushrimitra]]. [[EPK]
-*The six sages, who form one sub-category of the assembly of the forty-two peaceful deities. manifest respectively on behalf of the six classes of living beings- gods, antigods, humans, animals, tormented spirits, and hells- to provide a direct antidote to the dissonant mental states that ensnare sentient beings in the six realms of cyclic existence. They comprise: Indraśakra, the sage of the gods ([[lha'i thub pa dbang po brgya byin]]), Vemacitra, the sage of the antigods ([[lha ma yin gyi thub pa thag bzang ris]]), Śākyasiṃha or Śākyamuni, the sage of humans ([[mi'i thub pa shākya senge]]), Sthirasiṃha, the sage of animals ([[byal song thub pa senge rab brtan]]), Jvālamukha, the sage of the tormented spirits ([[yi dvags kyi thub pa kha 'bar ma]]), and Yama Dharmarāja, the sage of the hells ([[dmyal ba'i thub pa chos kyi rgyal po]]). [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
+[[Category:Indian Masters]]
+[[Category:Early Dzogchen Lineage]]