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'''Taktsang[s]''', the '''Tigress' Lairs''' ([[Wyl.]] ''stag tshang''), are sacred places where [[Padmasambhava]] manifested in the wrathful form of [[Guru Dorje Drolö]]. There are said to be thirteen places called "Tigeress’ Lair" but, according to [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], only five of them seem to be known today.<ref>''Light of Wisdom'' vol. I (Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1999), note 13, p.209.</ref>
'''Taktsang[s]''', the '''Tigress' Lairs''' ([[Wyl.]] ''stag tshang''), are sacred places where [[Padmasambhava]] manifested in the wrathful form of [[Guru Dorje Drolö]]. There are said to be thirteen places called "Tigeress’ Lair" but, according to [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], only five of them seem to be known today.<ref>''Light of Wisdom'' vol. I (Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1999), note 13, p.209.</ref>
From ''[[A Great Treasure of Blessings]]''<ref>page 34.</ref>:
:At thirteen different places called 'Tiger's Lair', ''Taktsang'', Guru Rinpoche manifested in "the terrifying wrathful form of crazy wisdom", binding worldly spirits under oath to protect the [[terma]] treasures and serve the [[Dharma]]. Then he is known as Dorje Drolö, 'Wild Wrathful Vajra'.


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Revision as of 09:12, 29 July 2015

Taktsang[s], the Tigress' Lairs (Wyl. stag tshang), are sacred places where Padmasambhava manifested in the wrathful form of Guru Dorje Drolö. There are said to be thirteen places called "Tigeress’ Lair" but, according to Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, only five of them seem to be known today.[1]

From A Great Treasure of Blessings[2]:

At thirteen different places called 'Tiger's Lair', Taktsang, Guru Rinpoche manifested in "the terrifying wrathful form of crazy wisdom", binding worldly spirits under oath to protect the terma treasures and serve the Dharma. Then he is known as Dorje Drolö, 'Wild Wrathful Vajra'.

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Notes

  1. Light of Wisdom vol. I (Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1999), note 13, p.209.
  2. page 34.