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'''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 [[ | '''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 [[Highest Yoga 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== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:19, 10 December 2019
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 Highest Yoga 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
- Garchen Rinpoche, Dzogchen Beara, 16 October 2011, from a lineage transmitted through Marpa and Milarepa
Further Reading
- Elizabeth English, Vajrayogini—Her Visualization, Rituals, and Forms, Wisdom Publications, 2002, ISBN 978-0861713295