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Meditational Deity ([[yi dam]])
*One of the three roots ([[rtsa ba gsum]]) of spiritual practice, along with the spiritual teacher and the ḍākinī. The meditational deities (Skt. [[iṣṭadevatā]]) are said to confer supreme accomplishment on the meditator, in contrast to the spiritual teacher who confers blessings and the ḍākinī who confers enlightened activities. After receiving empowerment and guidance concerning an appropriate meditational deity from an authoritative spiritual teacher, the practitioner of the tantras then seeks to experientially cultivate union with that deity through the generation stage of meditation. The diverse meditational deities assume diverse forms, corresponding to the different classes of tantra ([[Kriyātantra, Ubhayatantra, Yogatantra, Mahāyoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga]]). As such, they may be peaceful or wrathful, single or united with a consort, alone or accompanied by retainers. In all cases, however, it is essential that the meditational deity should not be percieved as an externally existing or independent being but rather as a form or resonance of buddha-mind itself. [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])


'''Karma Trinlepa''' ([[karma 'phrin las pa]]) ( b. 1456 d. 1539 )
[[Category:Astrology and Divination]]
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===Literary Works===
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* Karma 'phrin las pa dwags po phyogs las rnam rgyal, '''''Zab mo nang don gyi rnam bshad snying po gsal bar byed pa'i nyin byed''''' 277ff. in volume 14 (traM) of  ''ka.rma pa rang byung rdo rje'i gsung 'bum''. TBRC id W30541<br>
* Karma ‘phrin-la-pa, '''''Songs of Esoteric Practice and Replies to Doctrinal Questions''''', pub. Ngawang Topgay, New Delhi.<br>
 
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===Main Teachers===
* [[7th Karmapa]], Chodrag Gyatso, [[chos grags rgya mtsho]], (1454-1506)<br>
* [[4th Shamar Rinpoche]], Chen-ngawa Chökyi Trakpa Yeshe Palzang ([[zhwa dmar spyan snga ba chos kyi grags pa]]), (1453-1524)<br>
* [[Muchen Sangye Rinchen]] (mus chen sangs rgyas rin chen) <br>
* [[Sakya Chogden, Serdog Panchen]] (sa kya mchog ldan, gser mdog pan chen)<br>
* [[Shara Rabjam]]
 
===Main Students===
* [[8th Karmapa]], Mikyö Dorje (mi skyod rdo rje)<br>
* [[2nd Pawo Rinpoche|2nd Pawo Rinpoche Tsuglag Threngwa (1504-1566)]] (dpa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba)<br>
* [[Gampo Chen-ngawa]] 
* (dwags rams pa chos rgyal bstan pa)<br>
* (skyed tshal mkhan po lha dbang blo gros)<br>
* (bya 'jam dbyangs bkra shis rnam rgyal)<br>
 
===Main Lineages===
* [[Karma Kagyu]]
* [[Sakya]]
* [[Shangpa Kagyu]]<br>
===Alternate Names===
* Dagpo Chogle Namgyal ([[dwags po phyogs las rnam rgyal]])
* Chogle Namgyal ([[phyogs las rnam rgyal]]}
 
===Other Reference Sources===
* mi skyod rdo rje, karmapa:  ''rje btsun karma 'phrin las pa'i rnam thar'' TBRC: W25580 W26585 W26769
* [[Karma Trinley Rinpoche]]: [http://www.dechen.org/articles/html/thinleypa.html The Life of the First Karma Thinleypa ] (also [http://www.dechen.org/articles/pdfs/karmathinleypa.pdf PDF formatted])
 
===Internal Links===
*[[Karma Trinley Rinpoche]]<br>
 
===External Links===
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[[Category:Buddhist Masters]]

Latest revision as of 08:31, 7 October 2006

Meditational Deity (yi dam)

  • One of the three roots (rtsa ba gsum) of spiritual practice, along with the spiritual teacher and the ḍākinī. The meditational deities (Skt. iṣṭadevatā) are said to confer supreme accomplishment on the meditator, in contrast to the spiritual teacher who confers blessings and the ḍākinī who confers enlightened activities. After receiving empowerment and guidance concerning an appropriate meditational deity from an authoritative spiritual teacher, the practitioner of the tantras then seeks to experientially cultivate union with that deity through the generation stage of meditation. The diverse meditational deities assume diverse forms, corresponding to the different classes of tantra (Kriyātantra, Ubhayatantra, Yogatantra, Mahāyoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga). As such, they may be peaceful or wrathful, single or united with a consort, alone or accompanied by retainers. In all cases, however, it is essential that the meditational deity should not be percieved as an externally existing or independent being but rather as a form or resonance of buddha-mind itself. GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)
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