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'''Wangdü''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dbang bsdus'') is the common abbreviated title of the prayer by [[Mipham Rinpoche]] called ''The Great Cloud of Blessings: The Prayer which Magnetizes All that Appears and Exists''.
[[Image:Wangdu.jpg|420px|thumb|Wangdü thangka of Khenpo Jigphun]]
'''Wangdü''' (Tib. དབང་སྡུད་, [[Wyl.]] ''dbang sdud'') is the common abbreviated title of the prayer by [[Mipham Rinpoche]] called ''The Great Cloud of Blessings: The Prayer which Magnetizes All that Appears and Exists'' (སྣང་སྲིད་དབང་དུ་སྡུད་པའི་གསོལ་འདེབས་བྱིན་རླབས་སྤྲིན་ཆེན་, ''snang srid dbang du sdud pa'i gsol 'debs byin rlabs sprin chen''). It was written in 1879.


==Prayer flag==
==Prayer Flag==
The [[prayer flag]] contains both images and prayers. In the prayer flag flown at Rigpa centres the images are of the deities mentioned in the prayer and are based on a print of a [[thangka]] given to [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] by [[Khenpo Jigphun]]. Khenpo Jigphun flew many wangdu prayer flags around his monastery. Previously this prayer flag has not been widely distributed and was considered secret or, maybe, personal.
The [[prayer flag]] contains both images and prayers. In the prayer flag flown at [[Rigpa]] centres the images are of the deities mentioned in the prayer and are based on a print of a [[thangka]] given to [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] by [[Khenpo Jikme Phuntsok]] (Khenpo Jigphun). Khenpo Jigphun flew many Wangdü prayer flags around his monastery. Previously this prayer flag was not widely distributed and was considered secret or, perhaps, personal.


*The central deity is Pema Gyalpo portrayed in [[Sambhogakaya]] form.
*The central deity is [[Pema Gyalpo]] portrayed in [[Sambhogakaya]] form.
*Above are Vajradharma and, at the top, [[Amitabha]].
*Above are [[Vajradharma]] (Tib. ''Dorje Chö'') and, at the top, [[Amitabha]].
*[[Avalokiteshvara]], as Padmapani, and [[Hayagriva]] are top left and right.
*[[Avalokiteshvara]], as [[Padmapani]], and [[Hayagriva]] are top left and right.
*Then there are three [[dakini]]s, [[Guhyajñana]], [[Vajravarahi]] and [[Kurukulla]], and then Döpé Gyalpo.
*The two [[dakini]]s, [[Guhyajñana]] and [[Vajravarahi]], are on either side of Pema Gyalpo.
*[[Kurukulla]] and [[Döpé Gyalpo]] are in the bottom left and right corners.


Normally mantras and prayers are the main feature of prayer flags, rather than images, so it is the prayer that is the main thing, as it says in the text.
Normally mantras and prayers are the main feature of prayer flags, rather than images, so it is the prayer that is the main thing, as it says in the text.


Recently this image has been printed in the Rigpa Calendar, following advice that this would be beneficial.
Recently this image has been printed in the [[Rigpa Calendar]], following advice that this would be beneficial.


Usually it is printed on red cloth.
Usually it is printed on red cloth.
==Commentary==
*short commentary by [[Khenpo Namdrol]].
*long commentary by Metrul Tenzin Gyatso, a student of [[Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok]].
==Teachings on Wangdü==
*[[Alak Zenkar Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 17 June 2009
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 1-2 June 2009
*Sogyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 17 August 1996, 12:00


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/great_cloud.html Translation on Lotsawa House]
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/mipham/great-cloud-blessings|''Wang Dü: ‘The Great Cloud of Blessings’—The Prayer which Magnetizes All that Appears and All that Exists'' by Mipham Rinpoche}}


[[Category:Prayers and Practices]]
[[Category:Prayers and Practices]]

Revision as of 10:52, 27 September 2012

Wangdü thangka of Khenpo Jigphun

Wangdü (Tib. དབང་སྡུད་, Wyl. dbang sdud) is the common abbreviated title of the prayer by Mipham Rinpoche called The Great Cloud of Blessings: The Prayer which Magnetizes All that Appears and Exists (སྣང་སྲིད་དབང་དུ་སྡུད་པའི་གསོལ་འདེབས་བྱིན་རླབས་སྤྲིན་ཆེན་, snang srid dbang du sdud pa'i gsol 'debs byin rlabs sprin chen). It was written in 1879.

Prayer Flag

The prayer flag contains both images and prayers. In the prayer flag flown at Rigpa centres the images are of the deities mentioned in the prayer and are based on a print of a thangka given to Sogyal Rinpoche by Khenpo Jikme Phuntsok (Khenpo Jigphun). Khenpo Jigphun flew many Wangdü prayer flags around his monastery. Previously this prayer flag was not widely distributed and was considered secret or, perhaps, personal.

Normally mantras and prayers are the main feature of prayer flags, rather than images, so it is the prayer that is the main thing, as it says in the text.

Recently this image has been printed in the Rigpa Calendar, following advice that this would be beneficial.

Usually it is printed on red cloth.

Commentary

Teachings on Wangdü

External Links