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...me given both to a 400-mile-long (700km) mountain range of Northern Tibet, and to the [[Dharma Protectors|protector deity]] associated with it, who was bo [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...

...tructive, unlike Shiva and [[Indra]], who are capable of great destruction and violence, but is the essence of creativity. ...bodes of Brahma]], or Brahma realms, of immeasurable love, compassion, joy and equanimity.<ref>''The Central Philosophy of Tibet'', Robert A. F. Thurman, ...

...emons of illness that attack children | also god of burglars and thieves | and | N. of Śiva | a king prince | a clever or learned man | the body | the {{ ...

...Eyes') — one of the [[Four Great Kings]]. Guardian King of the '''West''' and leader of the [[naga]]s. ...otected them. Hearing this the two garudas also took refuge. The two nagas and two garudas all prayed to be reborn in the time of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] in ...

...goblins, going about at night, haunting cemeteries, disturbing sacrifices and even devouring human beings | this last class is the one most commonly ment ...

...Rudra-Shiva (also known by the name Bhuta), with whom they haunt dangerous and wild places, bhutas are especially prominent in Shaivism, where large secti [[Category: Gods and demons]] ...

#The Chronicle of the Gods and Demons #The Chronicle of the [[Pandita]]s and [[Lotsawa]]s ...

.... Another way of looking at obstacles is called the [[four maras]] or four demons. ...ggregates]]; disease, famine and warfare; and the dread of rebirth, death, and the [[bardo]]. ...

*[[Padmasambhava]] and [[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''[[Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo]]'', ''Vol. 2'', published b [[Category: Gods and demons]] ...

* [[Padmasambhava]] and [[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''[[Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo]]'', ''Vol. 2'', published b [[Category: Gods and demons]] ...

...pes (fourth level) of [[Mount Meru]] in the Heaven of the Four Great Kings and guard the four cardinal directions. Each of them are leaders of a semi-divi ...

...anets | and as the regent of the south-west quarter | among Buddhists many demons are called Rāhu | an eclipse or (rather) the moment of the beginning of an ...

...anets | and as the regent of the south-west quarter | among Buddhists many demons are called Rāhu | an eclipse or (rather) the moment of the beginning of an ...

*Yeshe, Tsogyal, ''The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava'', Vol. I & II, (Emeryville: Dharma Publishing, *Dan Martin, "The Star King and the Four Children of Pehar: Popular Religious Movements of 11th- to 12th-Ce ...

...| of the planet Venus | of the sons of several Manus | of a son of Kauśika and pupil of Garga | of a son of Ṛishabha | of Vālmīki | a keeper or herd | ...

...ung''; Eng. 'Defender of the Area') is the Guardian King of the '''East''' and chief of the [[gandharva]]s, the musicians of the heavens. ...ge]] in the [[Dharma]]. From then on their virtue protected them from harm and they lived, free of fear, on the ocean's surface. ...

...o that their transgressions could be used as an example of how not to act, and so become the basis for the rules of monastic discipline. However, these to ...uch a rudra is usually accompanied by a retinue of other malignant beings, and as a group their main activity is to cause obstacles to the propagation of ...

...ntheon. Her name can be glossed as "the inaccessible" or "the invincible", and Monier Williams translates the name as "difficult of access or approach", " ...as then known as Umadevi and through her devotion managed to seduce Shiva (and so release him from his austerities). ...

...akshinis]] (Skt.; Tib. ''Nöjin Shyi''). They are called the "Twelve Mother and Sister Tenmas" because they take care of us like a mother or like older sis ...na Linpa’s Tukdrub Yangdü.</Ref> belong to the classes of ''dümo, nöjin,'' and ''menmo.'' ...

...a | in the later mythology | is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Vishṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind | in ...