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Ads by Google Dharma wheel Dharma character school Sanatana Dharma Dharma Transmission Agama Hindu Dharma Vishwa Nirmala Dharma Dharma protectors      Tiger The tiger is one of four animals associated with the Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. Although the parallel is not explicit, Reiko Ohnuma ("The Gift of the Body and the Gift of Dharma," History of Religions, 37:4 (1998) 323-59) demonstrates there is an implicit identification between the Buddha's gift and the offering of the body. Bodhisattva Vajrapani wears the skin of a tiger and sworn dharma protectors such as Mahakala follow in this tradition combining yogic symbolism with the Buddhist association of the tiger to compassion and generosity. http://www.khandro.net/animal_tiger.htm      Tibetan Buddhism Dharma protectors are mythic figures incorporated into Tibetan Buddhism from various sources (including the native Bön religion, and Hinduism) who are pledged to protecting and upholding the Dharma. In common with Mahayana schools, Tibetan Buddhism believes in a "pantheon" of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and Dharma protectors. Arya-bodhisattvas are able to escape the cycle of death and rebirth but compassionately choose to remain in this world to assist others in reaching nirvana. http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/tibetan_buddhism      The World of Jin-Gang-Dhyana - Australian Buddhist News - World Headquarters of Holy Tantra Esoteric Buddhism conducted ... Dharma protectors and Buddhas of various heavens joyfully made holy connections with spirits of the deceased and blended into the Dharma. The patriarch of Holy Tantra Esoteric Buddhism, Holy Zhi Ji Vimalakirti Ahdharma Buddha Patriarch Master summoned and invited Dharma protectors from various devas (heavens) to arrive at the mandala. The patriarch of Holy Tantra Esoteric Buddhism, Holy Zhi Ji Vimalakirti Ahdharma Buddha Patriarch Master took charge of the Dharma. http://www.jgdvan.hispeed.com/au/au14/eau14c.html      Journal - The Middle Way Journal The function of 'Dharma protector' is found in the textual transmissions of all living traditions of Buddhism. Examples of mundane Dharma protectors are the 12 long-life goddesses and innumerable other local Tibetan deities that were bound over to protect the Dharma by Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava in the eighth and ninth centuries CE. In the surviving sutras of the Nikaya collections of the early Buddhist schools, sometimes Sakra, the king of the gods, takes up being a Dharma protector. http://www.thebuddhistsociety.org.uk/dharma_protectors.htm      Tibetan Prayer Flags at Prayerflags.com Dharma prints bear traditional Buddhist symbols, protectors and enlightened beings. Dharma flags be placed inside of a building increase spiritual atmosphere or outdoors where the wind can carry their prayers. http://www.prayerflags.com/Tibetan_prayer_flags_t.html      Stephen Schettini on Dorjé Shugden Dorje Shugden (also known as Gyalchen Shugden or Dolgyal) is one of many dharma protectors – worldly gods tamed and converted to the cause of buddhism by tantric yogis. (See Controversy, below.) Dharma protectors are a characteristic feature of Tibetan buddhism and are generally seen as an inheritance from the pre-buddhist animistic religions of the region. Tantric yoga, an esoteric practice in which one visualizes oneself as fully enlightened, is described as the practice of ‘taking the goal as the path.’ Shakyamuni buddha is said to have revealed these extremely secret teachings to a select group of highly realized disciples, deeming them too dangerous in the hands of the unqualified. http://www.schettini.com/dorjeshugden.htm      Buddhist Deities Worldly Protectors are oath-bounded protectors who have pledged in front of the Buddhas, great Indian and Tibetan masters, to protect the Dharma and practitioners. During the time of Buddha Shakyamuni, many disciples of the Buddha and His disciples had attained the state of Arhat by meditating on the Dependent Origination. Also, other enlightened beings such as the regular forms of the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Guru Rinpoche, certain Dharma Protectors & Wealth Deities, etc., can also be practiced as a Yidam. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/4886/deities.htm      The Tibet Society of South Africa - All About Tibet - Tibetan Traditions, Culture, Religion, Literature, Human Rights ... King Trisong Detsen's support of Buddhism caused the religion to spread widely, and this royal patronage was vigourously continued into the mid-9th century by Tibet's third "Dharma King", Relbachen. In the seventh century CE, four generations after the initial, mystical appearance in Tibet of Buddhist scriptures and relics, Songtsen Gampo first "Dharma King" of the Land of Snows married into Buddhism. The most significant event of this period was the arrival in Tibet in I 042 C.E. of the Bengali scholar-saint Atisha, the most famed and revered Buddhist teacher of his day. http://www.tibet.org.za/dharma.htm      His Holiness the Dalai Lama - position of protectors It won't do any good to rely on a new deity or any others while customarily accepting a Dharma protector who Je Rinpoche bound by oath and who was also specifically bound by Je Sherab Seng-ge. His Holiness the Dalai Lama made the following remarks clarifying the position of protectors in the Gelugpa tradition during an explanation of the Offering to the Spiritual Master at the main temple in Dharamsala to a large gathering of Tibetan and Western disciples in 1986. I used to say by way of a joke, "Geugpas will only need to look look for a new protector on the day that offerings and requests for prayers come because Damchen Choegyal is dead." Until then Gelugpas do not need another Dharma-protector. http://www.tibet.com/dholgyal/dholgyal3.html      The Cross: Its Origin and Significance (No. 39) Other phallic symbols ( sahi-no-kami or preventive deities) were worshipped at roads and cross roads, becoming a popular cult of protectors of travellers who were the object of divination, prayer and worship prior to journeys. This system of cult worship was the basis for the establishment of the shrines and deities under the different titles and guises met with in religious systems worldwide. The balances for ordeals were also erected either in temples or at cross-roads which was considered the favourite abode of Dharmaraja, the god of justice, when he appears on earth. http://www.logon.org/english/s/p039.html      Who is Dorje Shugden Though there are some worldly deities who are friendly towards Buddhism and who try to help practitioners, they are not real Dharma Protectors. From the time of Je Tsongkhapa until the first Panchen Lama, Losang Chökyi Gyaltsän, the principal Dharma Protector of Je Tsongkhapa's lineage was Kalarupa. It is clear therefore that all actual Dharma Protectors must be emanations of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas. http://www.shugden.com/ds-all.htm      Tibetan Treasures - Buddhist Online Catalog - Chagdud Gonpa Foundation - Nyingma Tibetan Buddhism - Dharma Items - ... Tibetan Treasures - Buddhist Online Catalog - Chagdud Gonpa Foundation - Nyingma Tibetan Buddhism - Dharma Items - Practice Materials - Shrine Items - Butterlamps - Butterlamp - Offering - Offerings - Teaching -guru, yidam, and dakini; and the dharma protectors. The pure and excellent ones to whom we offer are the Three Jewels--the Buddha, dharma, and sangha, who encompass all enlightened beings; the Three Roots- http://www.tibetantreasures.com/tthtml/ttmerch/teaching%20pages/lampteaching.htm      An-Cu Summer Intensive The Dharma refers to the teachings, what the Buddha discovered and then taught, what others who have followed the path have shared; it also refers to what we learn from living in the world. The Sangha is the community of practitioners, the monks as well as others who follow the Buddha's way. These four strong Dharma Protectors can help create a spiritual atmosphere which brings peace and safety to our neighborhood. http://www.urbandharma.org/ibmc/ibmc1/ancu.html      Protectors... His Holiness advised that it is actually sufficient to regard the Triple Gem (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) as protectors. The following is an attempt to try to explain the significance of "protectors" in the context of Vajrayâna Buddhism. If I am not mistaken, there are a group of monks specially charged with the task of performing protector practices for the welfare of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in particular, and the live of the Dharma in general. http://www.buddhistinformation.com/tibetan/protectors_in_vajrayâna_buddhism.htm      Buddhas, Deities, & Others :: A Who's Who Dharmakaya ~ The essential body common to all the Buddhas; unity of the Buddha with everything existing; the embodiment of the Dharma. In the branches behind are arrayed a vast collection of radiant texts of all the Dharma teachings, which radiate rainbow rays and resound with the murmur of the words they contain. The historical Buddha was born into the Shakya clan, in the sixth century BCE. http://awakening.to/deities.html      Drikung Kyobpa Choling Dharma News - Sand Mandala Next, offerings are made to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the ten directions, Yidams and Dharma protectors, asking them to bless this place and through their blessings may unfavorable conditions be transformed into favorable conditions and the place becomes holy. In this case, you can help the monks with preparations for the drubchen or building the mandala, chant or meditate. They then perform the ceremonies to dispel obstacles, offering tormas to protectors, purifying and transforming themselves into the retinue of the deity. http://www.drikung.org/dkc/page5.htm      Hayagriva - Dharma Wheel When you place the Dharma wheel in the fire, any sentient being who smells the smoke and all those migrators who see the light of the fire will be liberated from the sufferings of the lower realms. The person who turns the Dharma wheel will become the son of the thousand buddhas, the guide of all migrators. The Founder Savior, the unequalled Shakya King, told the bodhisattva Dripa Namsil: “It is more beneficial to turn the Dharma wheel one time than [to be] a meditator of highest capacity who engages in one-year retreat on the essence meaning of mantra. http://hayagriva.org.au/index_files/page0027.html      Shugden versus pluralism and national unity controversy and clarification It was not even among those spirits whom Padmasambhava, the founder of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, subdued and bound to the oath of protecting the dharma. Thus, worldly protectors began to play a role in the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon. In order to exaggerate Shugden's importance, proponents also sought to portray the spirit as the exclusive protector of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. http://www.tibet.com/dholgyal/CTA-book/chapter-1.html      Basic Knowledge of Vajrayana the Buddha, the Dharma, the Sangha, the Guru, the Yidams and the Dharma Protectors The Dakas/Dakinis/Dharma protectors are the enlightened beings who dispel obstacles to Dharma practice by carrying out the four activities of Buddha - pacification, increase, power and subjugation. After entering the Buddhism, we should only rely on High spiritual realization masters and act according to the Dharma. http://www.kagyu-asia.com/t_basic_vajrayana.html      VNN Editorial - Karmic Speculation Cannot Build A Dharmic Nation Loving non-sectarian bhakti yoga, and sattvic Vaishnava varnashrama dharma is the solution. The role of the dharma protector, and even the clear sense of dharma itself, has been lost in the impersonalist corruption of the doctrine of karma. Impersonal traditions like Mayavada, Jainism and Theravadin Buddhism have corrupted the doctrines of karma and dharma, leading to a kind of pacifism that causes the victims of a-dharmic demonic behavior to accept demonic attack and abuse without resistance, revolt or requiring restitution. http://www.vnn.org/editorials/ET0306/ET21-8150.html      Dharma Drum Publication - Chan Newsletter No.11, February 1981 In the past, when people left the home life, they made a kind of mental preparation that they were handing their body over to the monastery, and handing their life over to the spiritual beings who protect the Buddha Dharma. Dharma Drum Publication - Chan Newsletter No.11, February 1981 Whatever the monastery or Dharma protectors instruct them to do, they will do. http://www.ddmba.com/ddp/channews/02-1981.html      Chapter Twenty-Six If anyone harms this Dharma Master-should a heaven-demon, an evil ghost, or a devious spirit come to hurt the Dharma Master who receives, upholds, reads, recites, explains or writes out the Dharma Flower Sutra-he will thereby have harmed these Buddhas. If anyone-a heaven-demon, an externalist, or any other improper ghost or spirit-harms this Dharma Master who receives, upholds, reads, recites, writes out, or explains the Dharma Flower Sutra, he will thereby have harmed these Buddhas. The king "Holder of the Country," having spoken his mantra, then said, "World Honored One, this Dharani, this spiritual mantra, has been spoken by forty-two kotis of Buddhas." The number "forty-two" represents the forty-two positions of great masters of the Dharma body: Ten Dwellings, Ten Practices, Ten Transferences, Ten Grounds, Equal Enlightenment, and Wonderful Enlightenment. http://www.buddhistinformation.com/wonderful_dharma_lotus_flower_sutra_26.htm      Vajrayana Buddhism - How to Set up a Shrine - Shrine Items, Offering Bowls, Serkyems, Butterlamps - Tibetan Treasures - ... Vajrayana Buddhism - How to Set up a Shrine - Shrine Items, Offering Bowls, Serkyems, Butterlamps - Tibetan Treasures - Buddhist Practice Materials and Dharma Items - Shrine Other items such as photographs of one's lama and dharma gifts that one has received could also find a place on the shrine. A shrine is a focal point of meditation and provides a means of accumulating merit through the generosity of making offerings. http://www.tibetantreasures.com/tthtml/ttmerch/shrine.how%20to.htm      What Can the True Buddha Tantric Dharma Offer Us The practice of the Tantric Dharma, and the achieving of yogic response in your Personal Deity Yoga, will definitely enable you to see the Buddha and be liberated from the cycles of birth and death. Inherent in the True Buddha Tantric Dharma practices are Pure Land, Zen, and Tantric elements. To be honest with you, during today's offering and prayers, if I did not know whether or not my Personal Deity and Dharma Protector had arrived, then I, Lu Sheng Yen, should slap my own mouth for telling fibs. http://www.tbsn.org/wwc/us/PLS/Journal/jrnl0697/waken.html      namcho_AboutNamcho.gif With the intention to establish bliss, virtue, glory and endowment, Padmasambhava displayed his enlightened mind as the sphere of the five elements and therein concealed some hundreds of thousands of termas, placing them under the protection of the power-possessing dharma protectors. He predicted that the designated dharma keepers of these treasures were the realized Pedma Rigzin, the great Mahasiddha Raga Ah Sye (Karma Chagmed Rinpoche) and Trinley Dondrub. In addition, the primordial wisdom and worldly dharma protectors transmitted each of their individual sadhanas and authorization empowerments, which were written down individually. http://www.bodhi.org/Namcho/namcho_AboutNamcho_migyurdorje.html      New Dharma Talks - Being Peace It is always taught that the wrathful Buddhas and Dharma Protectors have a peaceful, compassionate Buddha at their heart. You can also study my translation of an ancient Tibetan mind-training and attitude transformation (lojong) text which forms the appendix to that book, called “The Thirty Seven Practices of the Bodhisattvas,” stressing unselfishness, compassion and lovingkindness; and bodhicitta, the luminous heart of the Dharma. In Tibetan tantric iconography, not all the Buddhas and meditational deities (archetypes) are pacific; some are surrounded by flames and wear fierce masks, symbolizing the shadow side of our psyche; yet we never fail to see the pure light through those archetypal images, and remember that shadows are essentially nothing but light. http://www.dzogchen.org/teachings/talks/ndt01.htm      Purple Lotus Society of the USA Before leaving for the trip, I prayed to the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Dakas, and Dharma Protectors at the Ling Shen Ching Tze Temple, True Buddha Tantric Quarter, Rainbow Villa, as well as at my residence by Phantom Lake, to join us in the trip. Apart from these three major events, we also visited the eight holy sites at which Buddha Shakyamuni stayed from the time he was born until his nirvana. After Sarnath, we went to Bodhgaya where Buddha Shakyamuni attained Enlightenment under a bodhi tree. http://www.purplelotus.org/temple/en/plpub/Journal/vol06/india.html      The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra, Terebess Asia Online (TAO) Dharma Master Shen Kuang searched for his mind he looked in the ten directions: north, east, south, west, in the intermediate points, and up and down. The Master firmly upholds the Orthodox Dharma, for the Dharma he teaches from direct and authoritative transmission, and he works unceasingly for the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. After transmitting the Dharma to the Fourth Patriarch, Thai Hsin, Master Seng Ts'an invited a thousand Bhikshus to a great vegetarian feast. http://terebess.hu/english/platform.html      Statement of His Eminence the Gaden Tri Rinpoche (head of Gelukpa sect) regarding the worship of gods and protectors Statement of His Eminence the Gaden Tri Rinpoche (head of Gelukpa sect) regarding the worship of gods and protectors protectors, the gods and the Nagas have left for other universe to protect One may insists, "I have complete right to faith and belief and http://www.tibet.ca/wtnarchive/1996/9/21_5.html      The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra, Terebess Asia Online (TAO) Dharma Master Yin Tsung invited him to take a seat of honor and sought to ask him about the hidden meaning. He said, "If my explanation of Dharma is in agreement with the Buddha's Sutras and the Buddha's Mind, then in the future I shall end my life while lecturing from the Dharma seat. This indicates that there were Dharma protectors - - gods, dragons, and others of the eight divisions present guarding the robe and bowl. http://terebess.hu/english/platform2.html      Embracing Our Demons What are these demons, that they can be both demons and Dharma protectors? If there are demons, then there are Dharma protectors. http://dharma.fourwhitefeet.com/demons.htm      Dharma Drum Publication - Chan Magazine, Winter 2000 Shakyamuni Buddha entered parinirvana a long time ago, but today we are still using his Dharma. Being involved in the Buddhist activities of Dharma Drum, I meet a whole range of people who are running the society and all sorts of things. Read to them the Jataka tales, which are stories of the Buddha in his previous lives. http://www.ddmba.com/ddp/chanmag/fal1999.html      Statement of His Eminence the Ganden Tri Rinpoche regarding the worship of gods and protectors Statement of His Eminence the Ganden Tri Rinpoche regarding the worship of gods and protectors If we worship or invoke gods and protectors with a mind focussing on the nine apprehensions of harming others, the Dharma protectors, the gods and the Nagas have left for other universe to http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/4886/reject2.htm      The Image Gallery There have been people asking why the deities in Tibetan Buddhism, especially the Dharma Protectors and deities of the Highest Yoga Tantra are so wrathful and fierce in looks. The look of wrathfulness is also the same as compassion. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7534/images.html      The Guardian Deities of Tibet Its purpose is to introduce to the readers the world of Tibet's rich tradition of Guardian Deities, or Dharma Protectors. This book, The Guardian Deities of Tibet, is the first of its kind and is designed specifically for general, lay readership. This book presents the histories of the principal, universally known Dharma Protectors of Tibet. http://www.exoticindia.com/book/details/NAB014/      Grand Opening of the Purple Lotus University/Dharma Institute Master Samantha Chou first formed a Dharma boundary ritual transforming the venue into a sacred space, then she performed a dance of mudras invoking Kuan Yin and other Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Dharma Protectors to descend to radiate light on those who were present or had registered for the ceremony. The Four-armed Kuan Yin Purification and Blessing Ceremony was conducted in accordance with the liturgy of True Buddha Tantric Dharma. As everyone chanted the Six Syllable Kuan Yin Heart Mantra, a majestic and uplifting mood pervaded the whole tent. http://www.tbsn.org/wwc/us/PLS/Journal/jrnl0897/pls-1.html      Religious Studies The material arranged under the following categories: Arts, Customs, Worship, Books and Resources, Dharma and Philosophy, Hindus Around the World, History, Temples and Organisations, Languages, Interfaith Relations, God, Sages and Gurus, Sciences, Scriptures and Social and Contemporary Issues. The Czars, in their role as Protectors of the Faith, regularly refused permission even for Jewish merchants to enter Russia. Jews were considered the enemy of Christ by Orthodox Christianity and believed to aim at converting Christians to Judaism. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVrs.htm      Norman A. Rubin: Ghosts, Demons and Spirits in Japanese Lore In the Buddhist belief they became guides for monks in understanding the Dharma tenets and sacred rites, and also protected Buddhist shrines.In the 18 They were considered guardians of Taoism and protectors of humankind. Those who achieved immortality could fly, walk on clouds, and pass through water unharmed. http://www.asianart.com/articles/rubin/      Extract from Lord of the Dance, a dharma book from Chagdud Gonpa Foundation's Padma Publishing I would study all day; then in the evening we would do a practice to invoke the blessings of the dharma protectors, those who safeguard practitioners on the path to enlightenment by shielding them from nonvirtue. After he awakened me in the morning, we would do some Manjushri practice, and he taught me to use a bell and small hand drum. Extract from Lord of the Dance, a dharma book from Chagdud Gonpa Foundation's Padma Publishing http://www.padmapublishing.com/BOOKS/TOCetc/lordextract1.htm      Tenma Chunyi When Padmasambhava brought Buddhism to Tibet there were many obstacles and negative forces throughout the country. These protectors became known as the Twelve(12) Dharma Protectors and they took vows to dedicate themselves to protect the Dharma and to rid the entire world of obstacles. Padmasambhava, through the power of his great compassion and teachings, tamed and subdued these negative spirits and transformed them into protectors of the Dharma. http://www.tibetanpainting.com/thangka/tenmachunyi.htm      AllRefer - Nepal - The Three Kingdoms Nepalese Information Resource The kings still based their legitimate rule on their role as protectors of dharma, and often they were devout donors to religious shrines. The complete flowering of the unique culture of the Kathmandu Valley occurred during this period, and it was also during this time that the old palace complexes in the three main towns achieved much of their present-day forms. Kings built many of the older temples in the valley, gems of late medieval art and architecture, during this late Malla period. http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/nepal/nepal18.html      CHISO Over the years, numerous sadhanas have been developed by the Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches, with the help of Dharma Samudra, for use by Padmasambhava Buddhist Center students. The Dharma Protectors Sadhana is just one example of many practice texts available. These texts are being offered through Dharma Samudra directly - so, please don't put one in your Shopping Cart! http://www.irondomain.com/1/product.details.aspx?ProductID=36      Resources Citing Bhagavad-gita, he advocates Varnasrama dharma, a social institution in which people gain spiritual satisfaction and spiritual advancement by doing their daily work as an offering to God. This book can be used as a guide to understand the more detailed information given about cow care by authors who are not lifetime cow protectors contained in this bibliography. This book is a thorough how-to manual filled with clear instructions and sound advice. http://www.iscowp.org/Resource%20Library.htm      Crazy for Wealth However, upon careful study of the text one would realize that it is to pray for rightly earned wealth for the spreading of the teachings, and for transcendental wealth of wisdom, compassion and spiritual strength. The blessing of Dharma protectors aims at increasing the Bodhi causes and conditions for sentient beings. Selfish aims and personal gains belong to the sphere of personal karma; how could they win the favor of Dharma protectors? http://www.yogichen.org/efiles/poem271.html

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