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| − | '''Eight vidyadharas''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[རིག་འཛིན་བརྒྱད་]]}}, ''[[rigdzin gyé]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''[[rig 'dzin brgyad]]'') — eight Indian masters of awareness ([[vidyadhara]]) who were entrusted with the [[Kagyé]] teachings: | + | '''[[Eight vidyadharas]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[རིག་འཛིན་བརྒྱད་]]}}, ''[[rigdzin gyé]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''[[rig 'dzin brgyad]]'') — eight [[Indian]] [[masters]] of [[awareness]] ([[vidyadhara]]) who were entrusted with the [[Kagyé]] teachings: |
*[[Vimalamitra]], {{BigTibetan|[[དྲི་མེད་བཤེས་གཉེན་]]}}, | *[[Vimalamitra]], {{BigTibetan|[[དྲི་མེད་བཤེས་གཉེན་]]}}, | ||
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Sometimes [[Padmasambhava]] is added as a ninth, or even as part of the eight in place of [[Prabahasti]]. | Sometimes [[Padmasambhava]] is added as a ninth, or even as part of the eight in place of [[Prabahasti]]. | ||
| − | ==The Eight Vidyadharas and the [[Kagyé]]== | + | ==The [[Eight Vidyadharas]] and the [[Kagyé]]== |
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|+According to [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]: | |+According to [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]: | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! Master!! Deity!! Casket | + | ! [[Master]]!! [[Deity]]!! Casket |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Vimalamitra]] | | [[Vimalamitra]] | ||
| − | | [[Chemchok]] || gold | + | | [[Chemchok]] || {{Wiki|gold}} |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Humkara]] | | [[Humkara]] | ||
| − | | [[Yangdak]] || silver | + | | [[Yangdak]] || {{Wiki|silver}} |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Mañjushrimitra]] | | [[Mañjushrimitra]] | ||
| − | | [[Yamantaka]] || iron | + | | [[Yamantaka]] || {{Wiki|iron}} |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Nagarjuna]] | | [[Nagarjuna]] | ||
| − | | [[Hayagriva]] || copper | + | | [[Hayagriva]] || {{Wiki|copper}} |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Padmasambhava]] | | [[Padmasambhava]] | ||
| − | | [[Vajrakilaya]] || turquoise | + | | [[Vajrakilaya]] || {{Wiki|turquoise}} |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Dhanasamskrita]] | | [[Dhanasamskrita]] | ||
| − | | [[Mamo Bötong]] || rhinoceros horn | + | | [[Mamo Bötong]] || [[rhinoceros]] horn |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Rambuguhya]] | | [[Rambuguhya]] | ||
| − | | [[Jikten Chötö]] || agate | + | | [[Jikten Chötö]] || [[agate]] |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Shantigarbha]] | | [[Shantigarbha]] | ||
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| − | ==In the Mandala of Rigdzin Düpa== | + | ==In the [[Mandala]] of [[Rigdzin Düpa]]== |
| − | The eight vidyadharas appear as follows in the [[mandala]] of [[Rigdzin Düpa]] (together with the associated [[deities]] of [[Kagyé]]): | + | The [[eight vidyadharas]] appear as follows in the [[mandala]] of [[Rigdzin Düpa]] (together with the associated [[deities]] of [[Kagyé]]): |
| − | * East - [[Humkara]] - [[Yangdak Heruka]] | + | * [[East]] - [[Humkara]] - [[Yangdak Heruka]] |
| − | * South - [[Manjushrimitra]] - [[Yamantaka]] | + | * [[South]] - [[Manjushrimitra]] - [[Yamantaka]] |
| − | * West - [[Nagarjuna]] - [[Hayagriva]] | + | * [[West]] - [[Nagarjuna]] - [[Hayagriva]] |
| − | * North - [[Prabhahasti]] - [[Vajrakilaya]] | + | * [[North]] - [[Prabhahasti]] - [[Vajrakilaya]] |
* South-east - [[Dhanasamskrita]] - [[Mamo Bötong]] | * South-east - [[Dhanasamskrita]] - [[Mamo Bötong]] | ||
* South-west - [[Vimalamitra]] - [[Düdtsi Yönten]] | * South-west - [[Vimalamitra]] - [[Düdtsi Yönten]] | ||
Revision as of 17:48, 20 November 2015
Eight vidyadharas (Tib. རིག་འཛིན་བརྒྱད་, rigdzin gyé; Wyl. rig 'dzin brgyad) — eight Indian masters of awareness (vidyadhara) who were entrusted with the Kagyé teachings:
- Vimalamitra, དྲི་མེད་བཤེས་གཉེན་,
- Humkara, ཧཱུྃ་ཀ་ར་,
- Mañjushrimitra, འཇམ་དཔལ་བཤེས་གཉེན་,
- Nagarjuna, ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ་,
- Prabhahasti, འོད་ཀྱི་གླང་པོ་,
- Dhanasamskrita, ནོར་གྱི་ལེགས་སྦྱར་,
- Rambuguhya-Devachandra, ལྷའི་ཟླ་བ་, and
- Shantigarbha, ཞི་བའི་སྙིང་པོ་.
Sometimes Padmasambhava is added as a ninth, or even as part of the eight in place of Prabahasti.
The Eight Vidyadharas and the Kagyé
| Master | Deity | Casket |
|---|---|---|
| Vimalamitra | Chemchok | gold |
| Humkara | Yangdak | silver |
| Mañjushrimitra | Yamantaka | iron |
| Nagarjuna | Hayagriva | copper |
| Padmasambhava | Vajrakilaya | turquoise |
| Dhanasamskrita | Mamo Bötong | rhinoceros horn |
| Rambuguhya | Jikten Chötö | agate |
| Shantigarbha | Möpa Drakngak | Zi stone |
In the Mandala of Rigdzin Düpa
The eight vidyadharas appear as follows in the mandala of Rigdzin Düpa (together with the associated deities of Kagyé):
- East - Humkara - Yangdak Heruka
- South - Manjushrimitra - Yamantaka
- West - Nagarjuna - Hayagriva
- North - Prabhahasti - Vajrakilaya
- South-east - Dhanasamskrita - Mamo Bötong
- South-west - Vimalamitra - Düdtsi Yönten
- North-west- Rombhuguhya - Jikten Chötö
- North-east - Shantigarbha - Möpa Drakngak
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See Also
Source
Eight Vidyadharas (rig ‘dzin brgyad).
Manjushrimitra, Nagarjuna, Hungkara, Vimalamitra, Prabhahasti, Dhana Sanskrita, Shintam Garbha, and Guhyachandra.
