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'''Vajrayogini''' (Skt. ''Vajrayoginī''; Tib. [[རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་མ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''rdo rje rnal 'byor ma'') — a wisdom [[dakini]]. The practice of Vajrayogini is especially popular in the [[Anuttarayoga Tantra]] of the [[Kagyü]], [[Sakya]] and [[Gelug]] schools and the most well known aspect of the deity is the one known as Kechari according to [[Naropa]]'s system (Tib. ན་རོ་མཁའ་སྤྱོད་, Wyl. ''na ro mkha' spyod''). Vajrayogini is usually depicted as red in colour with a semi-wrathful expression.
'''Vajrayogini''' (Skt. ''Vajrayoginī''; Tib. [[རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་མ་]], ''dorje naljorma'', [[Wyl.]] ''rdo rje rnal 'byor ma'') — a wisdom [[dakini]]. The practice of Vajrayogini is especially popular in the [[Anuttarayoga Tantra]] of the [[Kagyü]], [[Sakya]] and [[Gelug]] schools and the most well known aspect of the deity is the one known as Kechari according to [[Naropa]]'s system (Tib. ན་རོ་མཁའ་སྤྱོད་, ''naro khachö'', Wyl. ''na ro mkha' spyod''). Vajrayogini is usually depicted as red in colour with a semi-wrathful expression.


==Empowerments Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
==Empowerments Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
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==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*Elizabeth English, ''Vajrayogini—Her Visualization, Rituals, and Forms'', Wisdom Publications, 2002
*Elizabeth English, ''Vajrayogini—Her Visualization, Rituals, and Forms'', Wisdom Publications, 2002, ISBN 978-0861713295
 
== External Links ==
*[http://all-otr.org/vajrayana/40-the-vajrayogini-mantra Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, ''The Vajrayogini Mantra'']
 


[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]]
[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]]

Revision as of 20:05, 26 January 2018

Vajrayogini (Skt. Vajrayoginī; Tib. རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་མ་, dorje naljorma, Wyl. rdo rje rnal 'byor ma) — a wisdom dakini. The practice of Vajrayogini is especially popular in the Anuttarayoga Tantra of the Kagyü, Sakya and Gelug schools and the most well known aspect of the deity is the one known as Kechari according to Naropa's system (Tib. ན་རོ་མཁའ་སྤྱོད་, naro khachö, Wyl. na ro mkha' spyod). Vajrayogini is usually depicted as red in colour with a semi-wrathful expression.

Empowerments Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Further Reading

  • Elizabeth English, Vajrayogini—Her Visualization, Rituals, and Forms, Wisdom Publications, 2002, ISBN 978-0861713295

External Links