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[[bka' brgyad]] - Herukas, eight classes of [RY]
[[yi dam]] - yidam; meditational deity; Yidam, a meditation deity, [[devata]]; meditational deities. personal meditation / tutelary deity [yidam]. deities who are the focus of meditation and means for attainment, and who confer supreme accomplishments, [[siddhi]]s [RY]


[[khrag 'thung lnga brgyad]] - According to the Tantra of the Secret Nucleus and works such as the Tibetan Book of the Dead, these comprise the [[Buddha]], [[Vajra]], [[Ratna]], [[Padma]], and [[Karma]] Herukas, along with their respective [[Krodhishvaris]], the [[eight Mataris]]. or [[Gauris]], the [[eight Pishachis]], the [[twenty eight Ishvaris]], and the [[four female gatekeepers]] [RY]
[[yi dam]] - Yidam. A personal deity and the root of accomplishment among the Three Roots. The yidam is one's ''[[tutelary deity]]''; a personal protector of one's practice and guide to enlightenment. Traditionally, yidam practice is the main practice that follows the preliminaries. It includes the two stages of development and completion and is a perfect stepping stone for, or the bridge to approaching, the more subtle practices of [[Mahamudra]] and [[Dzogchen]]. Later on, yidam practice is the perfect enhancement for the view of these subtle practices [RY]


[[khrag 'thung yab yum]] - Vajra, Ratna, Padma, and Karma Herukas plus consorts) [JV]


[[sgrub pa bka' brgyad]] - 8 logos deities, 8 principal [[Mahayoga]] yidams ([['jam dpal gshin rje shed]], [[pad ma gsung]] or [[rta mgrin]], [[yang dag heruka]], [[bdud rtsi yon tan]], [[rdo rje phur ba]] or [[rdo rje bzhun nu ma mo rbod gtong]], [['jig rten dregs pa]], [[dregs sngags dmod pa]], [[che mchog heruka]] combines the first five; [[rig 'dzin bla ma]] and [[spyil dril snying po]] are mentioned sometimes in the sadhanas of 8 great mandalas ([[Yamantaka]], [[Hayagriva]], [[Vajraheruka]], [[bdud rtsi che mchog]], [[Vajrakila]], [[ma mo rbod gtong]], [['jigs rten mchod bstod]], [[dmod pa drag sngags]]), 8 great orders of mandalas, sadhana practices of the eight [[Herukas]] [JV]
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[[sgrub pa bka' brgyad]] - [[Eight Sadhana Teachings]]; the sadhana practices of the eight Herukas; Eight heruka sadhanas, eight great orders of [[Mandala]]s, the Eight Logos Sadhanas / Heruka Practices. Ultimate yidams (see [[yi dam]]) of the [[Nyingma]] tradition.
 
1) {[['jam dpal sku]]}.
 
2) {[[pad ma gsung]]}
 
3) {[[yang dag thugs]]}
 
4) {[[bdud rtsi yon tan]]}
 
5) {[[phur pa phan las]]}
 
6) {[[dmod pa drag snags]]}
 
7) {[[rbod gtong ma mo]]}
 
8) {[['jig rten mchod bstod]]}; eight great orders of Mandalas; ([[deities]] of) Eight Commands of Sadhana Practice cycle [RY]
 
[[sgrub pa bka' brgyad]] - eight classes of Herukas [RY]
 
[[rdo rje gzhon nu]] - [[Vajrakilaya]], one of the eight Herukas practiced by the [[Nyingma]] and other traditions, embodying the enlightened activity of all the Buddhas [RY]
 
[[dpal he ru ka 'dus pa'i rgyud]] - Tantra of the Glorious Assemblage of Herukas. One of the Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras [RY]
 
[[he ru ka 'dus pa'i rgyud]] - Herukasamajatantra [IW]
 
[[he ru ka'i zhal du bstab pa]] - placed into the mouth of the Herukas [RY]
 
[[he ru ka'i yi ge brgya pa]] - Hundred Syllables of the Herukas [RY]
 
 
 
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[[Category: Tantric Deities]] [[Category: Teachings]]

Revision as of 02:00, 14 February 2006

yi dam - yidam; meditational deity; Yidam, a meditation deity, devata; meditational deities. personal meditation / tutelary deity [yidam]. deities who are the focus of meditation and means for attainment, and who confer supreme accomplishments, siddhis [RY]

yi dam - Yidam. A personal deity and the root of accomplishment among the Three Roots. The yidam is one's tutelary deity; a personal protector of one's practice and guide to enlightenment. Traditionally, yidam practice is the main practice that follows the preliminaries. It includes the two stages of development and completion and is a perfect stepping stone for, or the bridge to approaching, the more subtle practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. Later on, yidam practice is the perfect enhancement for the view of these subtle practices [RY]

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