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'''Akashagarbha''' (Skt. Ākāśagarbha; [[Wyl.]] ''nam mkha'i snying po'') — one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]].
'''Akashagarbha''' (Skt. Ākāśagarbha; [[Wyl.]] ''nam mkha'i snying po'') — one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]]. He is often depicted as yellow in colour and holding a sword to cut through the [[destructive emotions]].  


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 15:25, 8 September 2009

Akashagarbha (Skt. Ākāśagarbha; Wyl. nam mkha'i snying po) — one of the eight great bodhisattvas. He is often depicted as yellow in colour and holding a sword to cut through the destructive emotions.

Further Reading

  • Jamgön Mipham, A Garland of Jewels, (trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso), Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2008