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Hayagriva is one of the eight principal deities of [[Kagyé]] where he is referred to as '''Lotus-like Speech''' (པདྨ་གསུང་, ''pad+ma gsung''). The instructions related to this form of Hayagriva are based on the so-called "[[three neighs of the horse]]"<ref>See Kongtrul (2005), p. 322</ref>. | Hayagriva is one of the eight principal deities of [[Kagyé]] where he is referred to as '''Lotus-like Speech''' (Tib. པདྨ་གསུང་, ''pad+ma gsung''). The instructions related to this form of Hayagriva are based on the so-called "[[three neighs of the horse]]"<ref>See Kongtrul (2005), p. 322</ref>. | ||
In the [[Longchen Nyingtik]], the Hayagriva practice related to [[Palchen Düpa]] is called "The Play of the Three Realms" (རྟ་མགྲིན་ཁམས་གསུམ་རོལ་པ་, ''rta mgrin khams gsum rol pa''). | In the [[Longchen Nyingtik]], the Hayagriva practice related to [[Palchen Düpa]] is called "The Play of the Three Realms" (Tib. རྟ་མགྲིན་ཁམས་གསུམ་རོལ་པ་, ''rta mgrin khams gsum rol pa''). | ||
[[Sera]] Monastery has a [[Nyingma]] tradition of Hayagriva called Hayagriva Very Secret (Tamdrin Yang Sang) that is actively practised. | [[Sera]] Monastery has a [[Nyingma]] tradition of Hayagriva called ''Hayagriva Very Secret'' (''Tamdrin Yang Sang'') that is actively practised. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, ''The Treasury of Knowledge: Systems of Buddhist Tantra'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005) | *Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, ''The Treasury of Knowledge: Systems of Buddhist Tantra'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005) | ||
==Empowerments Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | |||
*[[Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], France, 17 September 2025: [[Longchen Nyingtik]] empowerment, the specific empowerments for the Four Families of Herukas of [[Palchen Düpa]]; using Chapter 7 of [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]’s ''A Feast that Delights the Fortunate Ones and Reveals the Nectar of the Profound and Secret, A Garland of Liturgies for Bestowing the General and Specific Empowerments of the Three Roots of the Great Perfection’s Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse'' | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:06, 8 October 2025
Hayagriva (Skt. Hayagrīva; Tib. རྟ་མགྲིན་, Tamdrin, Wyl. rta mgrin) — the wrathful manifestation of Avalokiteshvara who symbolizes enlightened speech, usually depicted as red in colour and with a horse's head protruding from his crown.
Forms
Hayagriva is one of the eight principal deities of Kagyé where he is referred to as Lotus-like Speech (Tib. པདྨ་གསུང་, pad+ma gsung). The instructions related to this form of Hayagriva are based on the so-called "three neighs of the horse"[1].
In the Longchen Nyingtik, the Hayagriva practice related to Palchen Düpa is called "The Play of the Three Realms" (Tib. རྟ་མགྲིན་ཁམས་གསུམ་རོལ་པ་, rta mgrin khams gsum rol pa).
Sera Monastery has a Nyingma tradition of Hayagriva called Hayagriva Very Secret (Tamdrin Yang Sang) that is actively practised.
Notes
- ↑ See Kongtrul (2005), p. 322
Further Reading
- Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, The Treasury of Knowledge: Systems of Buddhist Tantra (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005)
Empowerments Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, France, 17 September 2025: Longchen Nyingtik empowerment, the specific empowerments for the Four Families of Herukas of Palchen Düpa; using Chapter 7 of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s A Feast that Delights the Fortunate Ones and Reveals the Nectar of the Profound and Secret, A Garland of Liturgies for Bestowing the General and Specific Empowerments of the Three Roots of the Great Perfection’s Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse