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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/browser/released/UT22084/087/UT22084-087-003.pdf|The Tantra of the Blue-Clad Blessed Vajrapāṇi}}


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Revision as of 09:48, 17 December 2013

Vajrapani (Skt. Vajrapānī; 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

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