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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/vajrapani/index.html Vajrapani Outline Page at Himalayan Art] | *[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/vajrapani/index.html Vajrapani Outline Page at Himalayan Art] | ||
*{{84000|http://read.84000.co/ | *{{84000|http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-087-003.html|The Tantra of the Blue-Clad Blessed Vajrapāṇi}} | ||
[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | [[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | ||
[[Category:Bodhisattvas]] | [[Category:Bodhisattvas]] | ||
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Vajrapani (Skt. Vajrapāṇi; Tib. ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Chakna Dorje; Wyl. phyag na rdo rje) — one of the eight great bodhisattvas and lords of the three families. He represents the power of the buddhas and is usually depicted as blue in colour and holding a vajra. He is especially responsible for transmitting the tantras to the human realm, and is known, in this context, as the 'Lord of Secrets' (Skt. Guhyapati; Tib. གསང་བའི་བདག་པོ་, Wyl. gsang ba'i bdag po).
Further Reading
- Jamgön Mipham, A Garland of Jewels, (trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso), Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2008
