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'''Guru Tsokyé Dorje''' (Skt. ''Saroruhavajra''; [[Wyl.]] ''gu ru mtsho skyes rdo rje''; Eng. 'Lake-born Vajra') — one of the [[Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche]]. This form of [[Guru Rinpoche]] is represented holding a [[vajra]] at his heart.
'''Guru Tsokyé Dorje''' (Skt. ''Saroruhavajra''; [[Wyl.]] ''gu ru mtsho skyes rdo rje''; Eng. 'Lake-born Vajra') — one of the [[Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche]]. One of the destinctive features of this form of [[Guru Rinpoche]] is that he is represented holding a [[vajra]] at his heart.


From ''[[A Great Treasure of Blessings]]'', pages 25–26:
From ''[[A Great Treasure of Blessings]]'', pages 25–26:

Revision as of 19:03, 19 August 2011

Tsokyé Dorje

Guru Tsokyé Dorje (Skt. Saroruhavajra; Wyl. gu ru mtsho skyes rdo rje; Eng. 'Lake-born Vajra') — one of the Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche. One of the destinctive features of this form of Guru Rinpoche is that he is represented holding a vajra at his heart.

From A Great Treasure of Blessings, pages 25–26:

In the north-western part of the land of Oddiyana, on an island in the lake of Dhanakosha, the blessings of all the buddhas took shape in the form of a multi-coloured lotus flower. Moved with compassion at the suffering of sentient beings, the Buddha Amitabha sent out from his heart a golden vajra, marked with the syllable HRIH, which descended into the lotus blossom. It transformed into an exquisitely beautiful eight-year old child.
As Guru Rinpoche was born within the lotus flower upon the waters of the lake, the dakinis called out to him from their hearts, and their call spontaneously became the Vajra Guru mantra. So this mantra is his heart mantra, his life core, his heart essence, and to recite it is to invoke his very being. He is known as Tsokyé Dorje, 'Lake-born Vajra'.