- A
yidam or iṣṭadevatā is a
meditational deity that
serves as a
focus for
meditation and
spiritual practice, said to be
manifestations of
Buddhahood or...
- Lama (Sanskrit: guru) is the 'root of blessing' or 'root of grace' the
Yidam (Sanskrit: ishtadevata) is the 'root of methods' or 'root of accomplishments'...
- the
Yidam is one of the
profound mysteries of the Vajrayana...
Especially during the
first years of
practice the
Yidam is of
immense importance.
Yidam is...
- as one of the
Three Roots (a
variant of the
Three Jewels),
alongside the
yidam and
protector (who may be a dakini,
dharmapala or
other Buddhist deity figure)...
-
visualisation based on the
vivid iconography ****ociated with
their yidam.
Yidams can be peaceful,
fierce and "semi-fierce" (having both
fierce and peaceful...
- (Tārāmūlakalpa). Both
Green and
White Tārā
remain po****r
meditation deities or
yidams in
Tibetan Buddhism, and Tara is also
revered in
Newar Buddhism. Tārā is...
- rdo rje; Chinese: 喜金剛 Xǐ jīngāng / 呼金剛 Hū jīngāng;) is one of the main
yidams (enlightened beings) in Tantric, or
Vajrayana Buddhism. Hevajra's consort...
-
known as
deity yoga (devata yoga).
There are
numerous meditation deities (
yidam) used, each with a mandala, a
circular symbolic map used in meditation....
-
symbols or "symbolic attributes" (Tibetan: ཕྱག་མཚན་, THL: chaktsen) are
yidam and
teaching tools. Not only do
these attributes (or
energetic signatures)...
-
Henotheistic aspects of
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Kuldevta Patron saint Smartism Vedanta Yidam V. S. Apte, A
Practical Sanskrit Dictionary, p. 250. Jha, J.C. (1976). "The...
