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[[Image:Vajrakilaya.JPG|thumb|'''Vajrakilaya''' courtesy of Terton Sogyal Trust]]
'''Vajrakilaya''' (Skt. ''Vajrakīlaya''; Tib. [[རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ་]], ''Dorje Phurba'', [[Wyl.]] ''rdo rje phur pa'') or '''Vajrakumara''' (Skt. ''Vajrakumāra''; Tib. རྡོ་རྗེ་གཞོན་ནུ་,  ''Dorje Shönnu''; Wyl. ''rdo rje gzhon nu'') — the wrathful [[heruka]] Vajrakilaya is the [[yidam]] deity who embodies the [[enlightened activity]] of all the [[buddha]]s and whose practice is famous for being the most powerful for removing [[obstacles]], destroying the forces hostile to compassion and purifying the spiritual pollution so prevalent in this age. Vajrakilaya is one of the eight deities of [[Kagyé]].

==Texts==
*'''Fragment of the Vajrakīla Root Tantra''' (Skt. ''vajrakīlaya-mūla-tantra-khaṇḍaḥ (sic)''; Wyl. ''rDo rje phur pa rtsa ba'i rgyud kyi dum bu'')
**English translation: ''Fragment of the Vajrakīla Root Tantra'', translated by Martin J. Boord, in ''A Bolt of Lightning From The Blue'' (Berlin: edition khordong, 2002), pages 79-90.
**Colophon: ''This fragment of the root tantra of Vajrakīla was translated [into Tibetan] by the illustrious [[Sakya Pandita]] in accordance with an original Indian manuscript that had actually belonged to the ācārya [[Padmasambhava]]. Requests having been made, it was set down in writing in Shangs Sreg-zhing in the district of gYas-ru (eastern [[Tsang]]).''

*'''Accomplishment of the Supreme Activity: A Method for Reciting the Fragment of the Vajrakīla Root Tantra''' (Wyl. ''phur ba rtsa dum rgyud kyi bklags thabs phrin las mchog grub''), by [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]].

==Major Vajrakilaya Practices==
*[[Ratna Lingpa]]'s ''Phurba Yangsang Lamé'' (Wyl. ''yang gsang bla med'')
*[[Jikmé Lingpa]]'s ''[[Gyüluk Phurba]]'' (Wyl. ''rgyud lugs phur pa'')
*The [[Longchen Nyingtik]] practice of Vajrakilaya related to the [[Palchen Düpa]] is called "Overpowering the Forces Of Mara" (''phur pa bdud dpung zil gnon'').

==The Vajrakilaya Practices of the Rigpa Sangha==
[[Image:TNVajrakilaya.jpg‎|thumb|'''Vajrakilaya''' from the thangka of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]]]

*[[Yang Nying Pudri]], ''The Razor of the Innermost Essence'', a [[terma]] of [[Tertön Sogyal]]. This is the main [[yidam]] practice of the Rigpa sangha. 

*[[The Essential Daily Practice of Vajrakilaya]] by Kyabjé [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]

This was written by Dudjom Rinpoche as a short daily practice related to the terma cycle of [[Pudri Rekpung]], ''The Razor That Destroys at a Touch''.

*[[The Wisdom Mind Practice of One Phurba|The Wisdom Mind Practice of ‘One Phurba’]], a terma of [[Tertön Sogyal]]

The “Wisdom Mind Practice of ‘One Phurba’” is a terma discovered and deciphered by Tertön Sogyal in the monastery of [[Kathok Monastery|Kathok Dorjé Den]]. It was written in the hand of the great [[Dzogchen]] master [[Vairotsana]]. 

*The Ultimate Practice of Vajrakilaya, a terma of [[Dudjom Lingpa]]; and

*Short Meditation Practice of Vajrakilaya by [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]].

This short sadhana was composed by Jamyang Khyentse, at [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]’s request, while travelling on horseback from [[Kham]] (East Tibet) to [[Lhasa]].

==Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha==
*[[Sherab Özer Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 17 August 1998 

==Further Reading==
[[Image:Lama Gonpo Tseten Dorje Phurba Painting.jpg|thumb|'''Vajrakilaya''' a thangka by [[Gönpo Tseten Rinpoche]] according to the [[Longchen Nyingtik]]]]
*''Guide to Vajrayana Practice for the Rigpa Sangha'', section 7. Vajrakilaya (Tertön Sogyal Trust: 2007)
*[[Khenpo Namdrol]], ''Vajrakilaya'', (Dharmakosha, 1997 or Snow Lion: 1999)
*Martin Boord, ''A Bolt of Lightning from the Blue—The Vast Commentary on Vajrakila that Clearly Defines the Essential Points'' (Berlin: Edition Khordong, 2002), which contains the translation of two short [[tantra]]s of Vajrakila and a full translation of the most important commentary ever written (Wyl. ''phur ‘grel ‘bum nag'') on the subject of kila rites and their understanding for enlightenment by [[Padmasambhava]], [[Vimalamitra]], and Silamanju.
*Martin Boord, ''Roll Of Thunder From The Void: Vajrakila texts of the Northern Treasures Tradition, Volume Two'' (Berlin: Edition Khordong, 2010)
*Khenchen Palden Rinpoche, ''The Dark Red Amulet: Oral Instructions on the Practice of Vajrakilaya'', Snow Lion, 2008

==Internal Links==
*[[Khön Family Lineage of Vajrakilaya]]
*[[Namchak Pudri]]
*[[Pudri Rekpung]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/vajrakila/index.html Vajrakila Outline Page on Himalayan Art]
*[http://all-otr.org/vajrayana/49-vajrakilaya Introduction to Vajrakilaya by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]
*[http://all-otr.org/vajrayana/50-mantra-recitation-from-the-drupchen-digest Vajrakilaya Mantra Recitation by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]

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