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'''Akashagarbha''' (Skt. ''Ākāśagarbha''; Tib. [[ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ་]], ''Namkhé Nyingpo'', Wyl. ''nam mkha'i snying po'') — one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]]. The name means 'nucleus of space.' Akashagarbha is associated with the element of space (Skt. '' ākāśa''), as well as wisdom and knowledge similar to [[Mañjushri]]. He is often depicted as blue, yellow or green in colour and holding a sword to cut through the [[destructive emotions]]. | '''Akashagarbha''' (Skt. ''Ākāśagarbha''; Tib. [[ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ་]], ''Namkhé Nyingpo'', Wyl. ''nam mkha'i snying po'') — one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]]. The name means 'nucleus of space.' Akashagarbha is associated with the element of space (Skt. '' ākāśa''), as well as wisdom and knowledge similar to [[Mañjushri]]. He is often depicted as blue, yellow or green in colour and holding a sword to cut through the [[destructive emotions]]. | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*[[Jamgön Mipham]], ''A Garland of Jewels'', (trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso), Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-1934608036 | *[[Jamgön Mipham]], ''A Garland of Jewels'', (trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso), Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-1934608036 | ||
==Internal Links== | |||
*The [[Akashagarbha Sutra]] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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Revision as of 12:36, 9 February 2019
Akashagarbha (Skt. Ākāśagarbha; Tib. ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ་, Namkhé Nyingpo, Wyl. nam mkha'i snying po) — one of the eight great bodhisattvas. The name means 'nucleus of space.' Akashagarbha is associated with the element of space (Skt. ākāśa), as well as wisdom and knowledge similar to Mañjushri. He is often depicted as blue, yellow or green 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, ISBN 978-1934608036