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'''Senge Dongma''' (Tib. སེང་གེ་གདོང་མ་་, Wyl. ''seng ge gdong ma''; Skt. ''Siṃhamukhā''<ref>Sometimes rendered as: ''Singhamukha''.</ref> or ''Siṃhavaktrā''<ref>Philippe Cornu, ''Dictionnaire Encyclopédique du Bouddhisme'', p. 534.</ref>) — the lion-faced [[dakini]]. In the [[Nyingma]] [[terma]] tradition, she is considered as one of the many forms of [[Padmasambhava]], specifically a secret form of Guru Rinpoche manifested to avert spiritual obstacles and negativity.  
'''Senge Dongma''' (Tib. སེང་གེ་གདོང་མ་, [[Wyl.]] ''seng ge gdong ma''; Skt. ''Siṃhamukhā''<ref>Sometimes rendered as: ''Singhamukha''.</ref> or ''Siṃhavaktrā''<ref>Philippe Cornu, ''Dictionnaire Encyclopédique du Bouddhisme'', p. 534.</ref>) — the lion-faced [[dakini]]. In the [[Nyingma]] [[terma]] tradition, she is considered as one of the many forms of [[Padmasambhava]], specifically a secret form of Guru Rinpoche manifested to avert spiritual obstacles and negativity.  


In the [[Sarma]] traditions she arises out of the [[Chakrasamvara]] cycle of [[tantra]]s and belongs to the [[Highest Yoga Tantra|Anuttarayoga]] 'wisdom' classification.<ref>http://www.himalayanart.org</ref>
In the [[Sarma]] traditions she arises out of the [[Chakrasamvara]] cycle of [[tantra]]s and belongs to the [[Highest Yoga Tantra]] 'wisdom' classification.<ref>http://www.himalayanart.org</ref>


==Empowerments Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
==Empowerments Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*Kyabjé [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], Laugeral, Dordogne, August 1982
*Kyabjé [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], Laugeral, Dordogne, August 1982
*[[Yangthang Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 8th August 2012
*[[Yangthang Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 8th August 2012
*[[Khenchen Pema Sherab]], Rigpa London centre, UK, 21 May 2018


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/simhamukha/index.html Outline page at Himalayan Art]
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/simhamukha/index.html Outline page at Himalayan Art]
*{{LH|topics/simhamukha|Texts related to Senge Dongma on Lotsawa House}}


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Latest revision as of 09:24, 10 December 2019

Simhamukha

Senge Dongma (Tib. སེང་གེ་གདོང་མ་, Wyl. seng ge gdong ma; Skt. Siṃhamukhā[1] or Siṃhavaktrā[2]) — the lion-faced dakini. In the Nyingma terma tradition, she is considered as one of the many forms of Padmasambhava, specifically a secret form of Guru Rinpoche manifested to avert spiritual obstacles and negativity.

In the Sarma traditions she arises out of the Chakrasamvara cycle of tantras and belongs to the Highest Yoga Tantra 'wisdom' classification.[3]

Empowerments Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Notes

  1. Sometimes rendered as: Singhamukha.
  2. Philippe Cornu, Dictionnaire Encyclopédique du Bouddhisme, p. 534.
  3. http://www.himalayanart.org

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