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'''Yamantaka''' (Skt. ''Yamāntaka''; Tib. [[གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད་]], [[Wyl.]] ''gshin rje gshed'') — literally 'The Destroyer of [[Yama]], the Lord of Death', is a wrathful form of [[Manjushri]]. | [[Image:TNyamantaka.jpg|thumb|Yamantaka as part of the [[Kagyé]] [[mandala]] from the [[thangka]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]]] | ||
'''Yamantaka''' (Skt. ''Yamāntaka''; Tib. [[གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད་]], ''shinjé shé'', [[Wyl.]] ''gshin rje gshed'') — literally 'The Destroyer or Slayer of [[Yama]], the Lord of Death', is a wrathful form of [[Manjushri]]. | |||
==Forms== | ==Forms== | ||
There are sometimes said to be three forms of Yamantaka: Red, Black and [[Vajrabhairava]]. | ===Sarma=== | ||
In the [[Sarma]] tradition, the Yamantaka Tantras are classified as the second category of [[Father Tantra]], known as the Anger class. There are sometimes said to be three forms of Yamantaka: [[Red Yamari]], [[Black Yamari]] and [[Vajrabhairava]]. | |||
===In the Kagyé=== | ===In the Kagyé=== | ||
Yamantaka also appears as one of the eight deities of [[Kagyé]] (see image), where he is also known as Manjushri Body (Tib. འཇམ་དཔལ་སྐུ་, ''jampal ku'', Wyl. ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>jam dpal sku''). The instructions related to this form of Yamantaka are based on the so-called "[[four chakras]]": secret or abiding chakra, chakra of existence, cutting chakra, and chakra of manifestation.<ref>See Kongtrul (2005), pp. 321-322</ref> | |||
Yamantaka | |||
In the [[Longchen Nyingtik]], the Yamantaka practice related to [[Palchen Düpa]] is called "Overpowering Yama, Lord of Death" (Tib. འཇམ་དཔལ་གཤིན་རྗེ་འཆི་བདག་ཟིལ་གནོན་, Wyl. '''jam dpal gshin rje 'chi bdag zil gnon''). | |||
===Other=== | |||
Yamantaka is also one of the [[four male gate keepers]]. | |||
==Notes== | |||
<small><references/></small> | |||
==Further Reading== | |||
*Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, ''The Treasury of Knowledge: Systems of Buddhist Tantra'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005) | |||
==Empowerments Given to the Rigpa Sangha== | ==Empowerments Given to the Rigpa Sangha== | ||
*[[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], June 25th, 2003. ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>jam dpal tshe bdag yang zlog me'i spu gri'i sgrub thabs rnon po nad gcod kyi dbang dbang bka<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' from ''[[Döjo Bumzang]]''. "Razor of Fire", dark blue Yamantaka with three faces and six arms. This was practised by | *[[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], June 25th, 2003. ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>jam dpal tshe bdag yang zlog me'i spu gri'i sgrub thabs rnon po nad gcod kyi dbang dbang bka<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' from ''[[Döjo Bumzang]]''. "Razor of Fire", dark blue Yamantaka with three faces and six arms. This was practised by [[Nupchen Sangye Yeshe]], who received it from [[Guru Rinpoche]]. Up to that point it was [[kama]], but then it was hidden as a [[terma]]. | ||
*9th Khamtrul Rinpoche, [[Dokhampa Shedrub Nyima]], Lerab Ling, 29 November 2017. Black Yamantaka ''torwang'', from the tradition of Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, who received it from Vasudhara. | |||
==External Links== | |||
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setid=2254 Himalayan Art] | |||
*[http://www.yamantaka.org/ Yamantaka.org] | |||
[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | [[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | ||
[[Category:Kagyé]] | [[Category:Kagyé]] | ||
[[Category:Manjushri]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:32, 17 August 2019
Yamantaka (Skt. Yamāntaka; Tib. གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད་, shinjé shé, Wyl. gshin rje gshed) — literally 'The Destroyer or Slayer of Yama, the Lord of Death', is a wrathful form of Manjushri.
Forms
Sarma
In the Sarma tradition, the Yamantaka Tantras are classified as the second category of Father Tantra, known as the Anger class. There are sometimes said to be three forms of Yamantaka: Red Yamari, Black Yamari and Vajrabhairava.
In the Kagyé
Yamantaka also appears as one of the eight deities of Kagyé (see image), where he is also known as Manjushri Body (Tib. འཇམ་དཔལ་སྐུ་, jampal ku, Wyl. 'jam dpal sku). The instructions related to this form of Yamantaka are based on the so-called "four chakras": secret or abiding chakra, chakra of existence, cutting chakra, and chakra of manifestation.[1]
In the Longchen Nyingtik, the Yamantaka practice related to Palchen Düpa is called "Overpowering Yama, Lord of Death" (Tib. འཇམ་དཔལ་གཤིན་རྗེ་འཆི་བདག་ཟིལ་གནོན་, Wyl. 'jam dpal gshin rje 'chi bdag zil gnon).
Other
Yamantaka is also one of the four male gate keepers.
Notes
- ↑ See Kongtrul (2005), pp. 321-322
Further Reading
- Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, The Treasury of Knowledge: Systems of Buddhist Tantra (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005)
Empowerments Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Trulshik Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, June 25th, 2003. 'jam dpal tshe bdag yang zlog me'i spu gri'i sgrub thabs rnon po nad gcod kyi dbang dbang bka' from Döjo Bumzang. "Razor of Fire", dark blue Yamantaka with three faces and six arms. This was practised by Nupchen Sangye Yeshe, who received it from Guru Rinpoche. Up to that point it was kama, but then it was hidden as a terma.
- 9th Khamtrul Rinpoche, Dokhampa Shedrub Nyima, Lerab Ling, 29 November 2017. Black Yamantaka torwang, from the tradition of Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, who received it from Vasudhara.