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==The Empowerment of Padmasambhava and his Eight Manifestations== | ==The Empowerment of Padmasambhava and his Eight Manifestations== | ||
* [[Tukdrup Yang Nying Kundü]] (Tib.), the empowerment of Padmasambhava and his Eight Manifestations according to the [[Sangwa Gyachen]] (Tib.), the Pure Visions of the Great [[Fifth Dalai Lama]], has been given to the Rigpa sangha by His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]] at: | * [[Tukdrup Yang Nying Kundü]] (Tib.), the empowerment of Padmasambhava and his Eight Manifestations according to the [[Sangwa Gyachen]] (Tib.), the Pure Visions of the Great [[Fifth Dalai Lama]], has been given to the Rigpa sangha by His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]] at: | ||
**the [[Pagode de Vincennes]] in Paris, 1982, | **the [[Pagode de Vincennes]] in Paris, 1982, | ||
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**[[Lerab Gar 2000]]. | **[[Lerab Gar 2000]]. | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
*[[Chögyam Trungpa]], ''Crazy Wisdom'', The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume Five (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004). | |||
[[Category:Guru Rinpoche]] | [[Category:Guru Rinpoche]] | ||
Revision as of 18:47, 20 July 2009
Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche (Tib. guru tsen gyé; Wyl. gu ru mtshan brgyad) are the eight principal forms assumed by Guru Rinpoche at different points in his life:
- Tsokyé Dorje (birth)
- Shakya Sengé (ordination)
- Nyima Özer (subjugating demonic spirits)
- Padmasambhava (establishing Buddhism in Tibet)
- Loden Choksé (mastery of the teachings)
- Pema Gyalpo (kingship)
- Sengé Dradrok (subjugation of non-buddhists)
- Dorje Drolö (concealing terma, binding spirits under oath)
Sets of thangkas of the Eight Manifestations include a central image of Guru Pema Jungné.
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Pema Jungné
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Tsokyé Dorje
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Shakya Sengé
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Nyima Özer
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Padmasambhava
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Loden Choksé
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Pema Gyalpo
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Sengé Dradok
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Dorje Drolö
The Empowerment of Padmasambhava and his Eight Manifestations
- Tukdrup Yang Nying Kundü (Tib.), the empowerment of Padmasambhava and his Eight Manifestations according to the Sangwa Gyachen (Tib.), the Pure Visions of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, has been given to the Rigpa sangha by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at:
- the Pagode de Vincennes in Paris, 1982,
- San Jose 1989 and
- Lerab Gar 2000.
Further Reading
- Chögyam Trungpa, Crazy Wisdom, The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume Five (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004).