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'''Phurba''' ([[Wyl.]] ''phur pa''; Skt. ''kīlaya'') — a ritual dagger with a pointed three-edge blade, such as that held by the deity [[Vajrakilaya]]. | '''Phurba''' ([[Wyl.]] ''phur pa''/''phur bu''; Skt. ''kīla''/''kīlaya'') — a ritual dagger with a pointed three-edge blade, such as that held by the deity [[Vajrakilaya]]. | ||
==Four Phurbas== | ==Four Phurbas== | ||
Revision as of 20:46, 4 July 2009
Phurba (Wyl. phur pa/phur bu; Skt. kīla/kīlaya) — a ritual dagger with a pointed three-edge blade, such as that held by the deity Vajrakilaya.
Four Phurbas
According to the tradition of Vajrakilaya, there are four phurbas:
- kyérim sipé phurba: the kyérim, or generative phase of the phurba of existence.
- tsenma dzé kyi phurba: the actual material phurba
- dzogrim changsem phurba: the dzogrim or dissolution phase, of the phurba of bodhichitta.
- rigpa dön gyi phurba: the absolute phurba of rigpa.