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[[Image:TNHayagriva.jpg|thumb|Hayagriva from the thangka of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]]] | [[Image:TNHayagriva.jpg|thumb|Hayagriva from the thangka of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]]] | ||
'''Hayagriva''' (Skt. ''Hayagrīva''; Tib. [[རྟ་མགྲིན་]], ''Tamdrin'' | '''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. | ||
Hayagriva is one of the eight principal deities of [[Kagyé]] | ==Forms== | ||
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>. | |||
In the [[Longchen Nyingtik]], the Hayagriva practice related to [[Palchen Düpa]] is called "The Play of the Three Realms" (''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" (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== | |||
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==Further Reading== | |||
*Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, ''The Treasury of Knowledge: Systems of Buddhist Tantra'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005) | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:14, 22 March 2024
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 (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" (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)