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'''Akashagarbha''' (Skt. Ākāśagarbha; | [[image:Akashagarbha-2.jpg|frame|'''Akashagarbha''']] | ||
'''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 (aksasha, [[ཨཱ་ཀཱ་ཤ་]], A kA sha.), as well as wisdom and knowledge similar to [[Manjushri]]. He is often depicted as blue, yellow or green in colour and holding a sword to cut through the [[destructive emotions]]. | |||
==Internal Links== | |||
* The [[Akashagarbha Sutra]] | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*Jamgön Mipham, ''A Garland of Jewels'', (trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso), Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2008 | *[[Jamgön Mipham]], ''A Garland of Jewels'', (trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso), Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-1934608036 | ||
==External Links== | |||
*[http://www.lamayeshe.com/advice/akashagarbha-mantra Thubten Zopa Rinpoche advice on the Akashagarbha Mantra] | |||
[[Category: Buddhas and Deities]] | [[Category: Buddhas and Deities]] | ||
[[Category:Bodhisattvas]] | |||
Revision as of 21:10, 4 February 2017
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 (aksasha, ཨཱ་ཀཱ་ཤ་, A kA sha.), as well as wisdom and knowledge similar to Manjushri. He is often depicted as blue, yellow or green in colour and holding a sword to cut through the destructive emotions.
Internal Links
Further Reading
- Jamgön Mipham, A Garland of Jewels, (trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso), Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-1934608036