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| | The Very Best Books : Dharmapala's Key to Religion |
 | | Dharmapala was the speaker at the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions who designated Buddhism as a philosophical religion. | | | Dharmapala appeared five times; his principal address was entitled 'The World's Debt to Buddha.' In it he pointed out that the founder of his religion reached an ideal synthesis of spirituality and factuality 2500 years ago. | | | Having been brought up a Buddhist and then attended the only schools permitted by the English overlords of Sri Lanka in the nineteenth century, Dharmapala had been in a position to perceive the disparities between the illusions they believed in Christianity and the facts they taught in science. |
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http://www.elise.com/store/189210606X/Dharmapalas_Key_to_Religion.html
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| | Traditional Benefactors |
| | Known as Dharmapalas, “Dharma Protectors,” these deities are important in the Himalayan Buddhist pantheon as powerful guardians of the Buddhist Dharma. | | | As benefactors, Dharmapalas truly serve as manifestations of compassion, and both their wrathful attitudes and the symbolic weapons they hold are directed against the obstacles of Buddhism, allowing spiritual advancement. | | | Many are often non-Buddhist in origin, who have converted to Buddhism and serve as major protectors of the Buddhist faith. |
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http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/circleofbliss/Benefactors01.html
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| | Marilyn Monroe Should Have Married Jeffrey Miller |
| | The Tibetan Buddhist refuge is not in just the Three Jewels - the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. | | | also in the Three Roots - the Lama, the Yidam.., and the dharmapalas and dakinis " then go on to say that "American will know about Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha without a personal guru or teacher." To say this is to say that understanding "Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha" is the goal, and that "Lama,... | | | If he did, he would not state that "the Tibetan Buddhist refuge is... |
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| | Tibetan Art |
| | Palden Lhamo: The only feminine Dharmapala, she is as ferocious in aspect as any of them, and brings to mind the Hindu goddess Kali/ Durga. | | | Fierce tantric divinities who fight tirelessly against both demons and enemies of Buddhism, these are the beings of monstrous, even demonic appearance themselves, described above under "Tantric Images." Armed and horrific in appearance, their ferocious faces expressing relentless determination, they are champions of the faith, heartening mortal beings and inspiring fear in evil spirits. | | | Some, like Mahakala, derive from Indian tantrism and were later absorbed into Mahayana, while others are transformations of indigenous or, according to some theories, Bon deities; whatever their origins, these are the hostile gods whom Padmasambhava defeated and then bound over to defend the new faith against all attackers. |
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http://www.brown.edu/Research/BuddhistTempleArt/TibetanArt8.html
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| | Tanka Iconography |
| | Dharmapalas represent protectors of the Buddhist doctrines and their practitioners. | | | They are often portrayed as ferocious forms which can be found in a temple devoted to their worship. | | | A Bodhisattvas is on the verge of Buddhahood, but has put off the final step of absorption with the infinite in order to stay and help the living. |
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http://www.umma.lsa.umich.edu/orient/koelz/tankas/Tanka-iconography.html
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| | Wrathful Deities |
| | Tibetan, Drag-ched, the dharmapalas or defenders of Buddhism, are the 8 bodhisattvas: Mahakala, Yamantaka, Kubera, Hayagriva, Palden Lhamo, Changpa, Yama, and Begtse. | | | The eight Dharmapalas, Protectors of the teaching of the buddhas, have this appearance but in fact they are bodhisattvas -- embodiments of compassion that can manifest out of Emptiness to act in an extremely wrathful way for the sake of sentient beings. | | | That is, the powerful beings sworn to support and protect the Buddha's Doctrine, the worldly-protectors who guard the directions and the wealth of the world, and the regional or field-protectors. |
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http://www.khandro.net/deities_wrathful.htm
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| | NamoBuddha Newsletter-January, 2001 |
| | Dharmapalas are basically Buddhas who take this type of position or role for the aid of practitioners. | | | The third root is the dharmapalas or Dharma protectors who are the root of activity. | | | So while it is not the case that any external being can grant you supreme siddhi, these three roots, the gurus, yidams and dharmapalas, if you supplicate them, can bestow blessing and can help remove obstacles on your path. |
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http://www.rinpoche.com/newsltr01.01.htm
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| | Both yidams and dharmapalas are in their essence inseparable from the guru. | | | As meditational deities, yidams embody the practitioner's enlightened nature. | | | Roshi (J): An honorific title given to a Zen Buddhist master. |
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| | BALA GOES TO LONDON TOWN |
| | Raja Dharmapala on the topic "It is only through a doctrinal outlook and approach that a permanent solution is possible to the existing crisis in Sri Lanka". | | | I am not quite sure whether the Dharmapalas and Sivaraksas have attained Arhantship even in their Buddhism with a simple b in a Christian surrounding with a capital C. Perhaps Prof. | | | It is easy to misinterpret Buddhism and ask childish questions such as whether it is possible to fight a "war" according to Buddhism. |
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http://www.infolanka.com/org/kalaya/fea059.htm
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| | Echoed Voices: Cycles of Immortality |
| | The Dharmapalas, the Aryan deities of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, are replaced, in the Celtic Tradition, by the Tuatha de Danaan, who are no less bloodthirsty and erotic in their nature. | | | It would be a mistake to believe, however, that Celtic spiritual beliefs are simply a westernized form of Buddhism or even Hinduism, which is the older of the two. | | | These are the gods and spirits of the pre-Buddhist Aryan religion, and are often portrayed in sagas, songs, poetry and art as bloodthirsty and erotic personifications of natural phenomena. |
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| | Penden Lhamo |
| | The Nyingmapa sectof Tibetan Buddhism and the Bon “traditional”religion of Tibet also give Penden Lhamo privileged status.Some sects considerher a manifestation of another Dharmapala, Mahakala.Devotees consider Mahakala a manifestation of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara,therebylinking Penden Lhamo to this important Tibetan deity. | | | Despite the history commonlyattributedto Tibetan Dharmapalas, many scholars believe Penden Lhamo hasher originin the Hindu goddess Kali. | | | Like Avalokiteshvara or Mahakala, Penden Lhamo also manifests in multipleforms,thus helping all sentient beings achieve enlightenment. |
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http://www.ackland.org/art/exhibitions/buddhistart/students/benroger
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| | Likewise, Manjushri, the Celestial Buddha of Wisdom, expresses the active face of Wisdom through the fearsome form of Yamantaka, known as the “Slayer of Death.” Both Mahakala and Yamantaka could easily be mistaken for simple demons, and yet they function as powerful, fiery manifestations of Awakened consciousness. | | | In some forms of Tibetan Buddhism a practitioner may be assigned one of these wrathful entities as a visualization practice, if that person is working on understanding the dark, passionate energy represented by that deity. | | | The Dharmapala Ekajati, One of the Eight great Protectors of Tibetan Buddhism, a former demon tamed and converted by the Tantric Master Padmasambhava |
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http://www.geocities.com/annubis33/RoleofDarknessinSpirituality/mystery2.html
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| | As Buddhism spread across the Tibetan plateau, it absorbed many Bon beliefs and practices which were not in conflict with its own. | | | Thus many of the Bon deities were assigned the position of the Buddhist Dharmapalas - Guardians of the Law, in their fearful aspect. |
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| | ackland.org - Buddhist Art and Ritual Mahakala |
| | Gift of Dale Crawford, M. Mahakala "The Great Black One" is a popular Dharmapala or protector of the faith in both Nepal and Tibet. | | | By meditating upon images of these deities, the dark forces and ignorance within can be directly confronted and no longer feared, clearing the way for transformation and positive energies. | | | The initiation rites associated with Mahakala are extremely complex and only open to those advanced enough in the practice of Vajrayana Buddhism to handle his fierce aspects. |
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http://www.ackland.org/art/exhibitions/buddhistart/mahakala.htm
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| | A Monograph on a Vajrayogini Thanka Painting |
| | Sanskrit, Tibetan, thod-pa. It is a symbol that is frequently carried by dharmapalas filled with the blood of the enemies of religion, a tantric manifestation. | | | symbolic of Buddhasaktis, dakinis and some dharmapala, a symbol of tantric manifestation, it is used to cut the "life roots" of religious enemies. | | | (12) Kapala - Sanskrit, Tibetan, thod-pa. It is a symbol that is frequently carried by dharmapalas filled with the blood of the enemies of religion, a tantric manifestation. |
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| | dharmapala -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Tibetan drag-gshed (“cruel, wrathful hangman”) in Tibetan Buddhism, any one of a group of eight divinities who, though benevolent, are represented as hideous and ferocious in order to instill terror in evil spirits. | | | Worship of dharmapala s was initiated in the 8th century by the magician-saint Padmasambhava, who is said to have conquered the malevolent deities in Tibet and forced them to take an oath promising… | | | Lha-mo, one of the dharmapala s, 19th-century Tibetan painting; in the Rijksmuseum voor … |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9030217
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| | www.tantrik-art.com - Sculpture Index |
| | The workshops also can create commissioned devotional sculptures of lineage Gurus, rare Yidams and Dharmapalas, and other particular forms of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to the specifications of the practicioner. | | | The Vajrayana workshops of the Shakya caste in Patan use the "lost-wax" technique to create Buddhist devotional sculptures in accordance with the archetypal icnonographic requirements of the sutras and tantras. |
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| | The Paisley Gate, by Erik Davis |
| | Presumably, Anderson was taking inspiration from the dharmapalas of Tibetan Buddhism, especially the lokapalas : ferocious local spirits who swore allegiance to the Buddha-way only after being magically subjugated by the tantric missionary and wizard Padmasambhava. | | | Some of these shamanic entities are even said to not fully accept the Buddha's teaching; though integrated within Tibetan Buddhism, they retain an intense liminality, or "in-betweenness". | | | He first described the Buddhist idea of protectors: beings who can be said to encircle and guard the dharma without being entirely within the fold. |
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| | Tantra Goddess |
| | She is the only feminine deity among the Buddhist Dharmapalas, the Defenders of the Law of Buddhism and one of her names, Sri Devi, tells of her Hindu origin. | | | A two-armed form of Lhamo/Kali is described in a Tibetan text as follows: |
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| | Vajrayana: Gothic Buddhism? |
| | Part of Vajrayana Buddhism is the belief that ancient Buddhist masters were able to tame powerful demons, to bind them to an unbreakable oath to do good and to protect the religion and its followers. | | | These beings, called Dharmapalas (see Tibet the RPG), have many temples and altars in Tibet. | | | The houses of many wealthy people have a room devoted to the worship of dharmapalas. |
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http://www.fatesworsethandeath.com/!TIBET/vajrayana_goth.htm
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| | Whispers 3 |
| | With this faith firmly established, through the power of the blessing of the Buddha Shakyamuni, the root of all blessings manifests as the tsaway lama, the root of all accomplishments manifest as the yidam, and the root of all Buddha activity manifests as the dharmapalas, or Dharma protector. | | | In the fourth foundation practice, one does guru yoga, whereby one develops unshakable devotion to all the Buddhas and boddhisattvas, lamas, yidams, and dharmapalas, plus one supplicates their great blessings, great compassion, and great power. | | | Thus, one has faith in the Three Jewels - Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha - and in the Three Roots - Lama, Yidam, and Dharmapalas - which are visualized with great devotion, resting in the blue expanse of sky in front of one. |
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| | China 5000 Years |
| | The art covers a wide field comprising all the Buddha, Bueddhisattvas, Dharmapalas and doctrines and teaching of Buddhism. | | | Thangka in Tibetan language, is a kind of religious scrolled painting, embroidery, brocade, tapestried-fine silk and applique, mounted in colorful silk or satin and displayed for worship. |
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| | Prayers In Buddhism- Spirituality - Indiatimes |
| | Broadly speaking, puja or prayer offering is categorised as a form of devotion and offering to God, higher power or source leading to a higher spiritual plane, which can be generally termed as enlightenment. | | | It also involves invoking the enlightened beings like the Buddhas, bodhisattvas, yodams or tutelary deities, cho-kyongs or dharma protectors, dakas and dakhinis or celestial beings, nagas or wisdom beings and other dharmapalas or guardians of the precious wisdom. |
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| | E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum > Dharmapala |
| | In 7 years of practicing Tibetan Buddhism, I have not been given such a practice myself. | | | Aug 5 2004, 07:37 AM www.tibet.com,a little hesitant to post this address though,cause you'll be introduced to the shugden controversy there,something i stay away from.but there are some teachings on dharmapalas there. | | | Aug 5 2004, 06:57 AM one can find some good info on dharmapalas at the tibetan government in exile site,i forget the address,i'll try to find it. |
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| | Rare Tibetan Clay Mahakala Buddha Statue |
| | ahakala, like Lhamo Penden, Yamaraja and Vajrapani, Mahakala is one of the Dharmapalas who was originally a demon, and was later tamed by Manjushri and Avolokiteshvera and turned into a fierce protector of the Buddha's teachings ( dharma). |
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http://www.buddhamuseum.com/tibetan-clay-mahakala.html
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| | Tibetan Thangka Paintings - Tibetan Motifs |
| | He is said to have subdued all the malignant gods in the Tibet sparing only those that became converted to Buddhism and that promised to be defenders (Dharmapala) of the doctrine. | | | The deities are appeared to partake of the blood or the flesh of the demon carried in these cups. | | | It is a symbol of enlightenment, used to destroy ignorance, the enemy of liberation from the bonds of worldly attachments, hence of continuous misery. |
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| | Buddhism in Ladakh, ladakh traditions, ladakh religion, buddhism. |
| | All this resulted in an immensely difficult and ramified system of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Gods and Goddesses, beliefs and rituals, magic and mysticism, in which the whole cosmic order, and the human person in his totality — body, spirit, senses, mind, emotions — everything is involved. | | | Buddhism as it spread made no attempt to suppress this ancient cult altogether, but rather absorbed as many of its beliefs and practices as were not in conflict with its own. | | | Particularly noticeable is Mahakala, the divinity associated with time. |
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| | Sakya Resource Guide |
| | Only the second category can be counted on as they are enlightened Buddhas. | | | Dharmapalas: (religious protectors) - there are two types; worldly (lokapala) and beyond worldly (jnanapala). | | | Deity Yoga (Tib.: lhai nal jor): the special meditation practice of Vajrayana comprising the two - Generation Stage and Pefection Stage yogas. |
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| | Research - Vol. V 1997 |
| | Twelve Dharmapalas who are especially assigned the task to protect the teachings of Buddha now emerge wearing their colourful masks, and holding their respective weapons. | | | Concerned mainly with the protection of Buddha dharma and banishment of evil, so that Dharma retains its unshakable strength at the face of destructive forces and obstacles that lie in its path. |
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| | The Shadow of the Dalai Lama — Part II — 9 |
| | The aggressiveness of the Tibetan tutelary gods (Dharmapalas) | | | The aggressiveness of the Tibetan tutelary gods (dharmapalas) | | | When we examine the iconography of Tantric Buddhism it literally swarms with aggressive warriors, demons, vampires, monsters, sword bearers, flame magicians, and avenging gods, who have at their disposal an overflowing arsenal of weapons: spears, spikes, darts, shields, clubs, hooks, slings, knives, daggers, and all manner of killing machines. |
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| | -- Beliefnet.com |
| | They are, however, often depicted in physical form, and there are many images of devas or dharmapalas, particularly in Tibetan Buddhist iconography. | | | Devas are spiritual beings by nature--their form is usually described as bodies or emanations of light or energy. | | | Some schools of Buddhism also refer to dharmapalas or dharma protectors. |
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| | The Guru's Eight Aspects |
| | (picture5), and the third gSer-skyems - "Golden drink" offering - dance (picture6) invites the deities of Guru Padma's mandala, along with the dharmapalas (guardian deities), to prepare the place for the arising of the Guru, conferring their powers upon the practitioners. | | | Every movement has a significance; much of the Fifth Dalai Lama's 'chams text is devoted to detailed description of the different movements along with their names or purposes. | | | Black Hat dancers, Buddhas, yi-dams and high-ranking dharmapalas (guardian deities), often dance with slow dignified movements. |
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| | Reisen: Reisebericht Mustang / tibetfocus |
| | He explains that tomorrow will be a festival for Mahakala, one of the eight Dharmapalas – the protector deities of Buddhism. | | | It is important to know that despite their frightening depiction every single of the eight Dharmapalas is there to protect people and not to harm them. | | | It represents the Buddhist form of Shiva and it is hard to believe that this scary looking creature which tramples on a human body is another manifestation of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. |
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| | Dharmapala Figures |
| | The Dharmapalas, or protectors of the Buddhist faith, are deities associated with religious traditions and communities. | | | The eight Dharmapalas are native to Tibet, who were converted to Buddhism by an Indian named Padmasambhava. | | | For two of these Dharmapala figures see the links below. |
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http://www.unc.edu/depts/ackland/art/exhibitions/buddhistart/students/nrclark/dharmapala.html
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| | Dharmapala-Home |
| | Did you know that there are Dharmapalas in Sri Lanka (the mother country), as well as in Australia and in Singapore? | | | Surely, there must be many branches of the family - and we invite anyone and everyone associated with the Dharmapala surname to contribute. | | | We are sure there are Dharmapalas all over the world! |
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http://www.dharmapala.com
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| | Dharmapala |
| | Although these deities do exist in the Indian tradition, where they are guardians of temples to the gods Shiva and Vishnu, the term is most often used for eight major and several minor guardians of Tantric Buddhism as practiced in the Himalayan countries and regions. | | | Among these, one finds clothing made of tiger-, elephant- or human skin, bone or skull-made anklets, garlands, necklaces or girdles; as well as the crown of five skulls. | | | Dharmapalas can usually be recognized by various attributes they are depicted as wearing or carrying. |
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http://www.yoniversum.nl/dakini/dharmapala.html
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| | Mahakala Mask, Tibet, 19th C. |
| | This "dharmapala", one of the eight dharmapalas who act as the fiery defenders of Dharma (the Buddhist Teachings) has an important role to play in almost every Himalayan Buddhist ritual. | | | This mask portrays one of the personifications of the great protector of the Buddhist faith Mahakala. | | | The present mask is a very old mask, dating back at least to the 19th century but possibly to the 18th century. |
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| | Marcel Nies |
| | The popular Mahakala was originally a demon, who was tamed by Manjusri and Avalokitesvara and turned into a fierce protector of Buddhism, belonging to the Dharmapalas. | | | This important spiritual protector deity is also known as 'the lord of the wind', and 'the great black one', a great guardian of the Dharma. | | | Bronze, gilded and cast in the lost wax method |
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| | "Understanding and the Imagination in the Light of Nature," by Terence McKenna |
| | The Dharmapalas -- the guardians of the Dharma -- are not Buddhist deities per se, they are autochonous Tibetan folk demons that protect the Dharma by virtue of the fact of having been overcome in magical battles by great Buddhist saints who came to Tibet. | | | In fact, there are, or were before the Chinese occupation, monasteries in Tibet where the vow of fealty to the Dharma, on the part of the Dharmapala, had to be renewed by the monks every 24 hours or the thing would run amok and be on its own and bust up the countryside. | | | And that Central Asian Tibetan shamanism had actually created astronauts of inner space that had gotten good recon on this same area. |
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| | Storehouse of Tibetan Culture |
| | ERHAPS the most vivid figure is that of Sarasvati, a Hindu goddess who was adopted into Buddhism and appears on Baiyu's mural as the sum of many parts: a Hindu-Tibetan religious icon with a Chinese face and a pose that is distinctly Nepalese. | | | The detail is dizzying: scenes from the life of Buddha, depictions of bodhisattvas, portraits of demonlike dharmapalas trampling human bodies (covered chastely by silk, lest viewers fail to realize that the scenes represent the defeat of ignorance). | | | It would take even longer to untangle the stories captured in the 300-year-old mural, which stretches 233 feet around the monastery's main temple. |
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http://partners.nytimes.com/library/travel/asiapacific/000319sichuan.html
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| | Begtse is a Mongol war god that legend says, converted to Buddhism in the 16th-century at the sight of the Dalai Lama's transformation into Chenrezi, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. | | | As a consequence, he became a symbol of pacification and the last in the series of 8 (or 9) Tibetan Buddhist dharma protectors or Dharmapalas. | | | "He is represented with all the ornaments of the Dharmapala, brandishing a sword in his right hand, the handle of which is in the shape of a scorpion. |
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| | Probert Encyclopaedia: Other Mythology (D-F) |
| | In Tibetan Buddhism, the Dharmapalas were eight giant warriors who defended the True Path against demons. | | | Their heads extended from horizon to horizon and were equipped with razor sharp fangs, tongues of fire and a third eye in the midle of their forehead which seared all enemies of Truth with the light of perfect knowledge. |
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