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Eight Aspects of Liberation (rnam thar brgyad)

The eight aspects of liberation (Skt. aṣṭavimokṣa) comprise: liberation from seeing the world-systems of form and formlessness as form, liberation from attachment to the beauty of form, and liberation from attachment to formlessness, along with the four corresponding cessations. GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)

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-Karmeshvari - ([[las kyi dbang mo]])
+Eight Aspects of Liberation ([[rnam thar brgyad]])
+*The eight aspects of liberation (Skt. [[aṣṭavimokṣa]]) comprise: liberation from seeing the world-systems of form and formlessness as form, liberation from attachment to the beauty of form, and liberation from attachment to formlessness, along with the four corresponding cessations. [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
-The dakini who transmitted the [[Eight Sadhana Teachings]] to the [[Eight Vidyadharas]] and later the [[Assemblage of Sugatas]] ([[bka' brgyad bde gshegs 'dus pa]]) to [[Padmasambhava]]. Received the Vajrayana teachings from Vajrasattva and transmitted them to [[Hungchenkara]], one of the eight vidyadharas of India. [RY]
-She also entrusted to Guru Padmasambhava the transmission of the [[Eight Commands, the Union of the Sugatas]] (bka' brgyad bde gshegs 'dus pa). She is also known as [[Kungamo]] ([[kun dga' mo]]). [RY]
-*Also ([[las kyi dbang mo che]])
-*[[Leykyi Wangmo]],
-*[[Karma Indranila]] (in her name-mantra in the [[Dzogchen Desum]] terma of [[Chokgyur Lingpa]].
-*[[Mahakarmeshvari]].
-*[[Wellsprings of the Great Perfection]] has a chapter with her song of realization.
-[[Category:Indian Masters]]
-[[Category:Early Dzogchen Lineage]]