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- * ''Skt.'' Viṣṇu. {{Context|[[:Category:Gods and demons|Gods]]}} [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...285 bytes (30 words) - 07:24, 3 February 2019
- '''Mu''' (Tib. དམུ་, [[Wyl.]] ''dmu'') - a class of demons, indigenous to Tibet. [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...118 bytes (16 words) - 20:50, 7 January 2020
- ...[eight classes of gods and demons]]; they are non-human beings who inhabit and control a certain region. They can be beings such as [[preta]]s, [[asura]]s [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...333 bytes (50 words) - 20:08, 6 March 2017
- ...ེའུ་རང་, [[Wyl.]] ''the'u rang'') — one of the [[eight classes of gods and demons]]; they resemble one-legged dwarfs.<ref>Philippe Cornu, ''Dictionnaire ency [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...344 bytes (40 words) - 11:15, 3 February 2019
- ...mes rakshasas refers to the unruly and untamed expression of [[ignorance]] and [[disturbing emotions]]. *Cannibal demons ...581 bytes (75 words) - 06:38, 9 November 2018
- * ''Skt.'' Brahmā. {{Context|[[:Category:Gods and demons|Gods]]}} [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...382 bytes (45 words) - 10:20, 3 February 2019
- ...ath. In appearance they are demonic figures with red skin, wearing helmets and riding over the mountains on red horses. [[Category: Gods and demons]] ...422 bytes (66 words) - 18:09, 29 January 2018
- ...type of [[Si spirits|Si spirit]]. They are often mentioned in [[sadhana]]s and originate from practitioners who break their samaya. [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...261 bytes (35 words) - 03:50, 9 November 2018
- ...ey belong to the class of local deities or '[[earth lord]]s' (''sa bdag'') and are one of the eight kinds of non-humans who protect the [[dharma]]. *[[Eight classes of gods and demons]] ...482 bytes (70 words) - 15:13, 1 January 2021
- ...[Jatakas]] describe kimnaras as harmless and innocent beings fond of music and song. In some lists, they are classified as one of the [[eight classes of gods and demons]]. ...578 bytes (83 words) - 18:45, 21 November 2020
- ...times beneficent and sometimes malignant, who live on earth, in the air, and in the [[Six heavens of the desire realm|lower heavens]].<ref>John Powers, [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...622 bytes (85 words) - 22:18, 7 November 2020
- [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...179 bytes (22 words) - 07:52, 1 August 2012
- They are composed of four Hindu [[gods]]: #Narayana (aka [[Vishnu]]), and ...492 bytes (61 words) - 11:11, 13 October 2023
- ...འདྲེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''rgya 'dre'') — a kind of [[gongpo]] who incites fighting and conflict. [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...188 bytes (21 words) - 12:25, 15 May 2021
- ...g De'u and Bön'', translated by Adriano Clemente, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1995 p.248, n.10</ref> [[Virudhaka]] is sometimes named as the lo [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...531 bytes (73 words) - 22:04, 4 February 2021
- ...ant class of ancient spirits originating from Tibet. There are many kinds, and some have a human body with the head of an animal. Most often in [[sadhana] *Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Rene De. ''Oracles and Demons of Tibet''. Pilgrim Book House, 1993. Pages 300-303 ...497 bytes (70 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2018
- ...]] can also sometimes refer to their retinue, as in the expression 'dralas and wermas'. [[Category: Buddhas and Deities]] ...263 bytes (34 words) - 19:27, 27 June 2018
- [[Category: Gods and demons]] ...260 bytes (31 words) - 19:39, 25 April 2021
- * ''Skt.'' Īśvara. {{Context|[[:Category:Gods and demons|Gods]]}} [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...1,006 bytes (125 words) - 07:25, 3 February 2019
- ...some of them to escape again. Gongpo are particularly harmful to the state and government, especially a group known as 'the nine gongpo brothers'. [[Langd *Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Rene De. ''Oracles and Demons of Tibet''. Pilgrim Book House, 1993. Pages 283-285. ...888 bytes (127 words) - 12:25, 15 May 2021
- [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...142 bytes (21 words) - 09:23, 24 October 2010
- [[Image:Gods.jpg|thumb|Depiction of the gods from a [[thangka]] of the [[Wheel of Life]]]] '''Gods''' and '''goddesses''' (Skt. ''deva''; Tib. ལྷ་, [[Wyl.]] ''lha''<ref>The Ti ...2 KB (383 words) - 21:38, 3 January 2022
- * ''Skt.'' Vaiśravaṇa. {{Context|[[:Category:Buddhas and Deities|Deities]]}} [[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] ...353 bytes (37 words) - 02:59, 2 February 2019
- ...(lit. Śakra) ''Syn.: ''བརྒྱ་སྦྱིན་; {{Context|[[:Category:Gods and demons|Gods]]}} ...Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} strong, powerful, mighty (applied to various gods, but •esp. to Indra) | N. of Indra | of an Āditya | of the number 'fourt ...2 KB (188 words) - 07:26, 3 February 2019
- '''Five Patron Gods''' (Tib. ''gowé lha nga'') — natural ‘guardian deities’ or protectiv #''Nor lha'' resides under the left armpit in men and under the right armpit in women. ...738 bytes (112 words) - 21:30, 20 April 2021
- ...are propitiated by rain-creating rituals. They can also invade the psyche and cause mental problems. [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...376 bytes (50 words) - 19:45, 7 April 2022
- ...ods but invariably lose in the face of the overpowering superiority of the gods. ...ng corridors of Washington and Whitehall.<ref>''The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'', page 117.</ref> ...1 KB (194 words) - 09:29, 18 November 2018
- ...lled Adakavati (Tib. ལྕང་ལོ་ཅན, ''Canglocan'', [[Wyl.]] ''lcang lo can''), and leader of the [[yaksha]]s (who are also called guhyakas). ...den armour, Vaishravana protected the [[gods]] from the [[asura]]s ([[demi-gods]]). ...1 KB (147 words) - 20:12, 19 January 2020
- ...n, who are supposed to have been created by a union between the [[Gyalpo]] and [[Gongpo]]. They seem to have retained some of the qualities of the former groups since they are said to reside in temples and monasteries. ...403 bytes (58 words) - 12:26, 15 May 2021
- ...beat a drum, wear a triangular pennant pinned in the middle of their hair, and ear ornaments that look like colourful fans. [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...364 bytes (56 words) - 21:45, 28 January 2018
- ...wild, remote places of the earth. They are considered particularly violent and known to devour flesh. Thus the term was translated into Tibetan as “fles [[Category: Gods and demons]] ...471 bytes (64 words) - 10:30, 17 October 2022
- ...a myes rma chen''), is a mountain range in the Golok area of Eastern Tibet and the [[Dharma Protectors|protector deity]] associated with it. [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...437 bytes (51 words) - 06:46, 4 June 2018
- Alternative classifications include gods and demons such as: ...3 KB (305 words) - 10:54, 3 February 2019
- ...ncipal gods of Hinduism. According to Buddhist cosmology, Indra resides in and rules over the [[Heaven of the Thirty-Three]], which is one of the [[six he [[Category: Gods and demons]] ...901 bytes (120 words) - 21:01, 7 February 2022
- ...he [[Gelugpa]] school), named Dharmaraja or Kalarupa, who has outer, inner and secret manifestations. [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...542 bytes (74 words) - 18:29, 14 June 2018
- :You bound all the devas and [[rakshasa]]s under oath: :Of all these great gods and demons, ...515 bytes (81 words) - 06:20, 30 April 2018
- [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...473 bytes (72 words) - 04:30, 20 August 2017
- [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...482 bytes (69 words) - 22:35, 25 January 2018
- ...must not be confounded with the Rākshasas or imps who animate dead bodies and disturb sacrifices | a N. of Rāhu | the sun | a cloud | N. of a warrior-tr * [[Demi-gods]] ...1 KB (185 words) - 17:41, 13 March 2011
- [[Category: Gods and demons]] ...462 bytes (64 words) - 21:21, 3 February 2021
- The '''Four Female Demons''' (Tib. བདུད་མོ་བཞི་, ''dümo shyi'')<ref>The note * [[Padmasambhava]] and [[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''[[Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo]]'', ''Vol. 2'', published b ...1 KB (152 words) - 11:40, 4 April 2024
- ...do battle with the legions of demons, his subjects, under Khara, Dūshaṇa, and his other generals | fr. | N. of a prince of Kaśmīra | of various authors ...1 KB (226 words) - 16:19, 13 March 2011
- ...od]] who dwells in [[Tushita]], some distance from the city where the main gods dwell. Although he is a god from the [[form realm]], because of his attachm [[Category: Gods and demons]] ...1 KB (161 words) - 18:25, 14 January 2019
- ...l. Their leader is the great protector [[Pehar]]. They can be clairvoyant, and are sometimes consulted by oracles, including the most important of Tibetan [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...696 bytes (99 words) - 10:32, 22 October 2016
- ...l path. It is important to understand that they have no inherent existence and are only created by the mind. *one according to the [[Sutrayana]], and ...4 KB (516 words) - 09:21, 22 August 2020
- #[[Brahma]] at the zenith (above); and [[Category:Gods and demons]] ...696 bytes (87 words) - 09:58, 29 November 2017
- ...gods in their wars with the demons and was rewarded by the boon of a long and unbroken sleep) | of a son of Yadu | of the father of Candra-bhāga | of a ...799 bytes (106 words) - 16:16, 13 March 2011
- ...irth') — one of the [[Four Great Kings]]. Guardian King of the '''South''' and leader of the [[kumbhanda]]s, fierce beings who reside in the desire realms ...ects beings who have led a virtuous life from [[Yama]], the Lord of Death, and uses his power to ward off anything that would disrupt the [[Dharma]]. ...939 bytes (135 words) - 21:23, 3 February 2021
- ...Vishṇu as one's deity | rarely preceding the name | a husband's brother | and | a fool, dolt | a child | a man following any •partic. line or business ...2 KB (256 words) - 14:25, 13 March 2011
- ...cults of India, which probably date back to the Indus valley civilisation and were assimilated into Buddhism at an early date. In Indian mythology they a ...ting under the Bodhi tree, just before attaining awakening, a storm arose, and the naga Muchalinda (Skt. ''Mucalinda'') protected the Buddha to be from th ...3 KB (379 words) - 08:44, 25 June 2020
- ...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]] ...767 bytes (106 words) - 08:15, 4 June 2021
- ...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, ...1 KB (212 words) - 02:57, 24 November 2017
- ...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 {{ ...926 bytes (118 words) - 16:18, 13 March 2011
- ...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 ...1 KB (165 words) - 21:27, 3 February 2021
- ...goblins, going about at night, haunting cemeteries, disturbing sacrifices and even devouring human beings | this last class is the one most commonly ment ...2 KB (256 words) - 14:25, 13 March 2011
- ...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]] ...1,009 bytes (146 words) - 10:21, 18 September 2023
- #The Chronicle of the Gods and Demons #The Chronicle of the [[Pandita]]s and [[Lotsawa]]s ...1 KB (134 words) - 09:07, 25 February 2017
- .... 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]]. ...2 KB (206 words) - 23:28, 19 February 2017
- *[[Padmasambhava]] and [[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''[[Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo]]'', ''Vol. 2'', published b [[Category: Gods and demons]] ...1 KB (144 words) - 12:20, 3 April 2024
- * [[Padmasambhava]] and [[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''[[Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo]]'', ''Vol. 2'', published b [[Category: Gods and demons]] ...1 KB (148 words) - 12:26, 3 April 2024
- ...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 ...2 KB (330 words) - 10:28, 14 July 2022
- ...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 ...2 KB (247 words) - 16:19, 13 March 2011
- ...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 ...2 KB (247 words) - 16:19, 13 March 2011
- *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 ...1 KB (171 words) - 10:14, 22 October 2016
- ...| 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 | ...2 KB (243 words) - 16:19, 13 March 2011
- ...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. ...2 KB (246 words) - 01:51, 23 March 2018
- ...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.'' ...3 KB (448 words) - 03:59, 28 February 2019
- ...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 ...2 KB (272 words) - 21:20, 13 January 2021
- ...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). ...2 KB (299 words) - 12:12, 15 May 2021
- ...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 ...2 KB (335 words) - 10:06, 23 August 2019
- ...maṇa | of the father of Hīra-bhaṭṭa (author of the | called Carakabhāshya, and of the work Sāhitya-sudhā-samudra | N. of a hell {{Context|[[:Category:Ma ...4 KB (740 words) - 16:12, 13 March 2011
- ...ite Balas | N. of a king | of a prince of Kaśmīra | founder of Padma-pura and of a temple | of another man | of a Brāhman | of a mythical elephant | of ...iety of Phaseolus Mungo | Opuntia Dillenii | N. of a messenger of the gods and friend of Indra | of a Dānava {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyut ...2 KB (365 words) - 14:21, 17 March 2011
- ...nner aspect of drala is connected to the subtle energy system in the body, and the ‘secret’ aspect to the nature of mind. ...is perhaps one reason why windhorse practices are usually recited loudly), and with controlling the flow of [[prana]] in the channels. ...3 KB (501 words) - 23:55, 26 July 2017
- ...respond to human misconduct and environmental misuse by creating obstacles and disease. [[Patrul Rinpoche]] categorizes wordly mamos in the [[preta]] clas *mamos with special karma and ...7 KB (1,055 words) - 22:17, 28 January 2018
- .... of a daughter of Daśa-ratha (adopted daughter of Loma-pāda or Roma- pāda and wife of Ṛshya-śṛṅga) | (with Jainas) of a goddess who executes the o ...th | of a fraudulent person | the god Śiva and his wife | N. of a class of gods in the third Manvantara | of a class of Brāhmans who have attained a •pa ...8 KB (1,290 words) - 06:25, 21 April 2011
- ...je]], [[Dodrup Tenpé Nyima]], [[Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche]], [[Adzom Drukpa]] and [[Lerab Lingpa]]. ...diment of the [[Nyingma|Early Translation]] teachings, lord of [[siddha]]s and powerful [[vidyadhara]], Pema Vajra Tsal, was born at the end of the thirte ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 08:47, 28 October 2021
- ...''[[lojong]]'', Wyl. ''blo sbyong'') brought to Tibet by Lord [[Atisha]] and written down by [[Geshe Chekawa]]. The seven points are: | || || {{gtib|གཏོང་ལེན་གཉིས་པོ་སྤེལ་མར་སྦྱང་།}} || Train in the two—giving and taking—alternately. ...32 KB (2,635 words) - 12:23, 15 April 2024
- ...ertön Sogyal]], Lerab Lingpa. His family was related to [[Dudjom Lingpa]], and the 3rd Dodrupchen [[Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]] was his father’s uncle. ...five hundred of Sogyal Rinpoche’s students from Europe, the United States and Australia attended the retreat, which was to become an important landmark i ...30 KB (5,434 words) - 13:34, 3 May 2024
- ...he the first [[Dodrupchen Jikme Trinle Özer]], [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] and [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]. ...e Shechen edition were based on the Derge edition of Jikme Lingpa's works, and the latter two were taken from various sources. For the sake of clarity som ...200 KB (22,259 words) - 15:11, 29 April 2024