And on tsog day you do Yamantakas mantra three times more than your normal. Well, heres a very good example. Yamantaka's practice is only available for those who are initiated but those who do not have his practice can still have his image and make offerings for great protection, the blessings of a Buddha and to create a connection or cause towards receiving his practice in the future and achieving attainments through his practice. With all the protector practices, they are done as being Vajrabhairava yourself, and then you invite the protector into your mandala. This is, just in very general terms, a little bit of what is Yamantaka all about for those who might not have so much of a background. So hence, within the father and the mother you have these divisions, but, what is most superior, and what is most powerful, and what is most extremely beneficial is a combination of mother and father tantra. Gelug Tibetan Buddhist tradition. RETREAT Yamantaka Practice Michoacan, Mexico, This retreat focuses on a detailed presentation of the Deity and how to use it in our daily lives. So whats the Buddhist version of the legend? Because if you think that secret and hidden means this system of these vajra expressions, you become totally confused when you read the Yamantaka root tantra or the Chakrasamvara one and you see Well, its all explained there very explicitly. The name Bhairava indicating one of Shivas main forms and the various attributes/implements like the trident, tiger-skin, ashes, drum (Skt: damaru), etc. Im saying this not to say Im a great yogi which Im obviously not but the point is that if you want to actually practice any of these things, you need to get the teachings over and over again, many teachings. Scientists who cares about what they say?, Or we could be Buddhologists scientists and look at archaeology and all these Sanskrit texts, and so on, and The Buddhist stories and so on, this is just nice mythology.. So already you get that name Dharmaraja in the non-Buddhist context. Remember Yamantaka is the one that puts an end to Yama (Yama is the Lord of Death), and remember I explained the whole reason why you want to get rid of ordinary death.. Then he was ready to do more meditation, there was no need for further teachings. Thats the reason. Where is Ogyen? In the highest class of tantra, we hear a lot about using or transforming the disturbing emotions into helping us in the path. On top of that, please read (Tibetan name) is the Six Sessions Guru Yoga, which is to be recited six times a day, written by Kyabje Pabongka Dorje Chang. (4) The fourth point is that the fire stove also indicates not just the clear-light practices from Guhyasamaja but that the deep awareness gained through this practice is greater than any other. Yamantaka's command carries tremendous power to perform purification, enhancement, harmonization and subjugation. And so in this highest class of tantra practice what we want to do is imitate death in our meditation by using very subtle methods to get down to that subtlest level as well. It tells us that there are many, many ways and many appearances of all these various Buddha-figures. So to achieve emptiness, Yamantaka is the most profound and the most quickest. This was preserved in the land of Oddiyana, which is Urgyen (U-rgyan) in Tibetan (thats where Guru Rinpoche came from). And youre getting the understanding of voidness with this, with the clear-light mind, so you overcome the mara of whats called the sons of the gods (which is referring to the non-Buddhist philosophical views). Learn about all the features of our website View all advices and related links for this topic. Siklos, Bulcsu, The Vajrabhairava Tantras (Buddhica Britannica, Series Continua VII). I think that basically what is possible is to just give a little bit of information about it. I encourage you to have good Guru Devotion. So, like in martial arts, you have to be very strong externally and totally 100% calm internally. This whole thing of making requests you have to really understand what that means. But the long term disbenefit is that it will take you much longer to become an Enlightened being. What does it mean in the text that its to be hidden or secret?, You read and study Guhyasamaja which is actually the main thing that is studied in the tantric colleges in the Gelug tradition and the Guhyasamaja Root Tantra is written in so-called vajra language (rdo-rjei tshig). Close Menu Yamantaka with 9 heads, 34 arms, 16 legs. If youre able to transform the clear light of death into this understanding of voidness, you wont get the aggregates of another samsaric rebirth, so it overcomes the mara of the aggregates. In Vajrayana Buddhism, Vajrabhairava, also known as Yamantaka, is (1) a wrathful, buffalo-headed meditational deity (Tib: yi-dam) of the Highest Yoga Tantra class and/or (2) a dharma protector. By virtue he is purely 100% Manjushri and no other. You go a bit crazy because youre working with all these images in your imagination and so on, especially if you start to try to work with the energies of your body. As general background, we need to have just some general idea of what is tantra about. So for us to realize that, for us to understand that intellectually is easy. Important historical commentaries were written by Tri Gyaltsen Senghe for the Solitary Hero practice and Lhundup Pandita for the 13-Deity practice; both have been translated. Theyre not. Once you have that yidam, it is the yidam of Tsongkhapa, it is the vehicle in which Tsongkhapa became Enlightened. Welcome to the world of Tibetan Buddhism! Theres this whole thing that you get in the study of mythology to see what are the lessons behind the mythology, and is there a deeper psychological thing that is going on, and so on. The left legs are extended straight and press upon eight birds and various gods; standing above a sun disc and multi-colored lotus completely surrounded by orange flames of pristine awareness. It should be given only to as few disciples as possible. Interferences that are supernatural in nature, magic, ghosts, spirits, cannot disturb that person, cannot disturb that person that he has blessed, or she has blessed. Its very important to read the Lamrim, The Wheel of Sharp Weapons, and also to focus on Guru Devotion, having powerful Guru Devotion is very important and focusing on your yidam, Yamantaka. Remember this association of Yamantaka with Manjushri? In his outstretched right hand he wields a vajra, and his left hand holds a lasso with which to bind demons. subsidiary factors for success in the rituals namely helpful factors, the sequence of the practices, and the results attained when they are performed successfully: (a) pacifying brings protection from the eight fears, (b) increase brings the six good qualities, (c) controlling brings success in attaining the white appearance, red increase, black near attainment and clear light, (d) separating brings maintaining secrecy and avoiding the various types of demonic interference, (e) suppressing brings binding the six senses. . Yama is mentioned in the tenth book of the Rg Veda. As Serkong Rinpoche used to explain: You want to chase thieves away from your gate. I wish you the best. Hes described as being very wise, and he judges the rebirth of those who die. The Yamantaka Mantra()Vajrabhairava|||Destroyer Of Death|Powerful Mantra@Melodious Dharma Sound_____The . They built the Forbidden City and the Imperial City, and all these things, and it was envisioned and laid out like a Yamantaka mandala, and the emperor was Yamantaka in the center of this. Then one should do, use a inner offering every single day, as part of the practice and make torma offerings, also two sets of sensory offerings and the sets of sensory offerings is very important. You can work with this person from an anuttarayoga tantra vision. Memorize your Bodhisattva and Tantric Vows and practice your Bodhisattva and Tantric Vows, because holding the vows will be a very important point for you to achieve Yamantakas attainments. In all these instances, Yamantaka has three heads, six arms and two legs, and is in the Buddha-family of Vairochana. The type of Buddha that is in the Mahayana sutras is a completely different type of Buddha. There are many, many powers to doing Yamantakas tantra. Its not like that. So he met this dakini, and she gave him the initiation of Vajrabhairava. Then the lady said that the Guru would manifest as a dog. No other deity is more wrathful than Yamantaka. Whatever understanding, whatever positive force has come from this, may it act as a cause for all beings to reach enlightenment as quickly as possible through a sincere practice such as this Yamantaka system. If you think in terms of Well, it was Buddha Shakyamuni who taught tantra in other words, the historical Buddha as described in the Pali canon, the Theravadin canon then youre going to see, well, thats completely contradictory with the Buddhologist study of the history of Buddhism, completely contradictory. From Tibet it spread to Mongolia, and then the Manchus took it up and it was a big practice in Beijing, where the Manchus ruled. This is earlier than when Hinduism itself became codified, so it was in the pre-Hindu Indian tradition. Are they all the same person that you find in the Pali canon, that you find in the Mahayana sutras, that you find in the tantra texts? This is very similar to the water/pus/nectar discussion, that: All three of these visions of what a Buddha is are all valid, but theyre valid within their own context, and that you have to understand within their own context. Already in the fourth century you find Yamantaka.. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa presents detailed instructions on the short sadhana practice for this deity. So whos Yama? Its very interesting whats actually here in the root tantras. What you find here in all these chapters of these three texts are very, very strong rituals that are dealing with overcoming harmful beings, and you read them and they really sound absolutely violent and horrible., The first one, the Condensed Chapters of the Root Tantra,has seven chapters condensed from that 100,000 chapter version (either 100,000 chapters or verses its unclear because the text is lost)., One of the people later in the lineage is Atisha, one of the people who brought it originally to Tibet. You have Yamantaka appearing in Guhyasamaja already. Yamantaka practice became especially popular and widespread not only among the Tibetans, but also in the Mongol and Manchu regions in which Tibetan Buddhism spread. After His Holiness had taken his seat on the throne, Theravada monks once again chanted the Mangala Sutta in Pali. So the mara of death. Ra Lotsawa requested further, but they didnt even know the name or form of Yamantaka., One day, Ra Lotsawa followed the Guru to a cave, where the Guru always went. So it comes from this general Indian background. The first pair of hands hold a curved knife and skull cup to the heart. Why Ogyen? Thats not the meaning. This nine-headed form appears either in a forty-nine-deity mandala, a thirteen-deity mandala, or a single-deity mandala. First Yamantaka already appears as a protector early in the development of Buddhist tantra. Those are the real harmful ones.. He got the insight that we need a Guru to cross the ocean of samsara. This cleansing is most easily accomplished at this time of the year and helps to decrease suffering and increase peace. You can envision this person with a Mahayana sutra type of vision. Ive made offerings to Manjushri for you, for the success of your practice. Plus in the palace itself of Guhyasamaja, you have four gateways, and Yamantaka is there in one of the gateways as a protector also. You even get Mahakala associated here, which literally means the great form of time. But whats interesting is the Tibetans translated kala here as black (nag-po), so Mahakala is called the Great Black One (Nag-po chen-po) in Tibetan. In other words, if we can see that history corroborates and fits together okay with the Buddhist version, then our confidence I think is a little bit stronger. It can also subdue the four maras, Devaputra mara, Skanda mara, Klesa mara, and Mrtyu mara. The root mantra, the third one you should do as much as possible even while youre watching TV and youre free, you can do that mantra. Buddha appears in a stupa, and theres the dakinis, and all this sort of stuff. Thats the Concert of Names of Manjushri, a Kalachakra text (probably also seventh century). But if we analyze deeply, then we see that what we need to really work with is the subtlest level of our minds and the subtlest energy of that subtlest level of our minds. He went back to Mongolia, to the very most eastern tribes of the Mongols and he was like a missionary. And he walks all the way over to Swat Valley in western Pakistan. All Buddhist textual sources refer to Lalitavajra as the revealer of the Vajrabhairava and Yamari tantras to an originally Indian tantric audience. Were talking about the early seventeenth century. Theres no separate me experiencing it.) Remember in the beginning we were talking about how ordinarily when we die, the level of mental activity that we have is this subtlest clear-light level, the so-called clear light of death. The following 36 files are in this category, out of 36 total. One is a realistic attitude you realistically accept that its going to be difficult and take a long time. If you find tsog difficult, never mind. As we see with how we set our motivation in the Buddhist practice, we are moved by compassion. They made this association that Manchu well, that sounds like Manju of Manjushri so their rulers eventually became recognized as emanations of Manjushri like the association of Avalokiteshvara with the Tibetans and Vajrapani with the Mongols. All the various Indian deities, these various figures, are always riding on top of something. So another name for Yama is Kalarupa, and you find this in the protector practices. So environmental, meaning place, time meaning how far away it is from the Buddha first turned the wheel of Dharma to the end of the Dharma, which is 5,000 years. He also appears as one of the eight non-Buddhist deities found, one each, in eight of the skullcups held by Hevajra. So therefore, I rejoice and Im very happy for you and I feel very fortunate and do that initiation well. In Kalachakra as well, Yamantaka appears as the protector of one of the gateways of the body mandala, as well as one of the sixty protectors in the protection wheel. suggest the same. It says: Vajravega is the forceful form of Kalachakra. The reason is its easier to say in Mongolian, and because its so strong with the Mongols, everybody calls it Yamantaka usually.. One has to be very, very well prepared and have a very realistic idea of how difficult its going to be. Ven. With Yamantakas tantra alone one can become fully Enlightened. Yamantaka also appears in other tantras before Lalitavajras time. There are two main traditions: Okay, enough of art history or iconography. After the thirteenth month he had a full vision of Yamantaka. The attributes of the main deity are the same in both forms. Last but not least, read up on your Bodhisattva Vows, read up on your Tantric Vows. There was a holy man who was told that if he meditated for the next fifty years, he would achieve enlightenment. He went to return to Tibet and a lady pulled him back when he was about to go. And in this practice, we have this forceful form of Vajrabhairava externally, and internally we have a Manjushri in our heart. He has eight heads.The principal head is that of a bull or a buffalo. Its the fact that a Buddha can appear in any form whatsoever in order to be able to benefit others. Shes called Vajravetali, or Dorje Rolangma (rDo-rje ro-lang-ma) in Tibetan. So now we have to qualify what I just said. yamantaka mantra benefits. (3) And then the third point is that he holds a khatvanga staff, which indicates that he incorporates the teachings of voidness and bliss from Chakrasamvara. You had a mixture of Iranian culture and religions, Indian religions particularly the early Shiva worship and the Shiva tantras and you had Buddhism, so a mixture of the three. He practiced for twenty years to get a vision of Manjushri, and finally he succeeded and had a direct manifestation of Manjushri. So Yamantaka sets of tantras are very, very powerful because they focus on both clear light and illusory body, simultaneously. So, within the mother tantra you focus on clear light, within the father tantra you focus on illusory body So since the Manchus wanted to rule over the Mongols as well, they adopted Yamantaka also. This is how that came about. So one has to be very, very careful. And then it has to be decoded from it. Its done in so many of the tantra practices. Theyre not different people. But how do you understand this person? Teacher: Jhampa Shaneman DATE: Feb 17 to 26, 2023 Its very interesting. But as they extended their hold over the Eastern Mongol regions, they needed to incorporate Yamantaka so as to win over the Eastern Mongols. As a strong man, Vajrabhairava, you can stand by the gate and chase them away, but why do that? Very often women think that women didnt play a very major role in the historical development of Buddhism. It is even more extraordinary to be able to receive regular guidance from such an experienced practitioner as Les, who has received extensive teachings from Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden . In these texts you find a very clear description of what Yamantaka looks like how many arms, how many legs, what the arms are holding, what are underneath his feet. And one collects great amount of merit while one is perpetuating Yamantaka. He did all the practices and obviously he was very, very advanced and in three months he gained the actual attainments. If one form becomes too popularized so that it becomes commonplace and trivialized as in having Kalachakra T-shirts and this sort of thing then theres usually a revelation of another form because it really has to be something sacred and private, not something popular. And it was very, very difficult theres a whole long story and account of how much difficulty he had to get these teachings and to translate them with his Indian master Bharo Chag-drum (Bha-ro Phyag-drum), with whom he studied in Nepal but anyway he translated them and brought them to Tibet., Although a Yamantaka lineage was present at Radreng Monastery, teachings on it were not easy to find. Theres nothing especially Buddhist about it. So were talking about a kingdom up in the mountains of northwestern Pakistan. Then the last mantra, you can do 21 times again. So if you think Well, did the historical Buddha do that? then you get very confused. ), Then theres a six-headed, six-armed, six-legged version or variant, which is mentioned in the, And then theres a four-headed, eight-armed, four-legged variant, which is in the collection of jenangs (these subsequent permissions) called, One way is Well, theres just the Buddhist version. Sometimes the protector Kalarupa is called Yamaraja and comes as Outer, Inner, and Secret Yama- or Dharmaraja. That ignorance is, is manifested as grasping of the self that does not exist. (5) And the fifth point is that to attain enlightenment we need to rely on the deep awareness of Manjushri. Regardless which manifestation of Vajrabhairava you are looking at, he is always depicted as fear-inducing, scary, and intimidating. When in union, he is so with his consort, Vajravetali (Skt: for Adamantine Ghoul; Tib: rDor-rje ro-lang-ma), who has one face, two hands, and is blue in color with orange hair pressed against her back, holding a skull cup in her left hand. Recent Posts. Je Pabongka Rinpoche. So you have this division of mother and father in Gelugpa., So in the Guhyasamaja, its talking about all the very, very advanced practices where you use the energy of desire for getting down to the subtlest level, and that is hidden in a different way with these vajra expressions. yamantaka,yamantaka long mantra,yamantaka tibetan mantra,yamantaka mantra,mantra om yamantaka hum phat,mantra yamantaka,the yamantaka mantra,yamantaka dharan. After these thirteen months, he met the Guru again at the monastery and reported all of his insights. So every single day, the bare minimum for the first, second and fourth mantra, is 21 times. And all these different Indian traditions have their own variant of them, their own version. Contact: a.sofialopez99@gmail.com. If you like, this, this also can be burned. I think its very important to be realistic and understand that Buddhism did not develop in a vacuum. After the initiation, the Guru snapped his fingers and the mandala disappeared. Thats one of the early tantras that was translated into Tibetan and which was incorporated in the Nyingma textual tradition. All the former are yidams (meditational deities) whereas Yamaraja (sometimes also called Dharamaraja) is a Dharma protector. You get that in Jungian psychology, for example. He represents the power, energy, and fearlessness of the Buddhas. Im very, very happy, and Im very pleased to hear that. Now, personally I find this very interesting. The two hands hold a curved knife above and a skull-cup below at the heart. Other emanations of Yamantaka appear as residents in various mandalas (13-, 17-, 21-, and 49-Deity). So he is that powerful. He is adorned with bracelets, necklaces and a girdle all formed of interlaced bone ornaments, a necklace of snakes and a long necklace of fifty moist human heads. the arising of Vajrabhairava from voidness and then Manjushri, as in the sadhana, with the full description of the visualization of the full Vajrabhairava (single deity), with mention of recitation of the mantra 300,000 times for the short retreat. The understanding is the same in all practices, of course, but youre using the forceful energy of Vajrabhairava to get to it, so its strong (with, of course, bodhichitta; thats to be understood). Okay? Sponsoring initiations and teachings is a practice of the highest form of generosity - giving the Dharma. And so the protectors are like this vicious dog, and you have to be the very strong Vajrabhairava in order to control that dog; otherwise its going to bite you. That is one version that fits in with the Pali canon account of what a Buddha is. Mother tantra emphasizes the practices for getting the clear-light mind (od-gsal) and understanding of voidness and the mind of a Buddha. This is what we hear from the Buddhist version of the history. We have in Guhyasamaja, as I mentioned in my previous lecture about that, a whole different system of secrecy than we have here in Vajrabhairava. Brief Vajrasattva Visualisation and Mantra Recitation. Hence, thats called habituation. Yama also appears as one of the eight directional protectors that appear, one each, in the eight charnel grounds that surround many anuttarayoga tantra mandalas, such as Yamantaka, Vajrapani Mahachakra, Chakrasamvara, Vajrayogini and Hevajra. The Vajrabhairava Tantra belongs to the father tantra using negative emotions such as anger and hatred as the path. Anywhere else would be too distracting. The Guru was very stubborn. You can envision this person with a Pali canon type of vision. Transcription of a lecture, Moscow, Russia, June 2013. This sadhana practice is intended only for those people who have received this. Thats one of the teachings of whats called virya, perseverance, one of the six far-reaching attitudes. A water buffalo is very, very strong and is used for work in India and its specified as a male water buffalo, not a female water buffalo so its very strong. In the Gelug tradition this became very, very strongly practiced. Consequently the practice became one of the three principal tantras taught at the tantric colleges and monastic universities. You could have a dog that does that. I will name a few for you now. In many of the tantra systems, you find very similar variants in both the Hindu side (meaning the Shiva side) and the Buddhist side. How did something like this develop in Ogyen, in Oddiyana?, First of all, where is Oddiyana? Yamantaka Initiation July 17-18; Search. That man impaled on a stick represents the result of negative karma and the incredible sufferings that we have to endure. How do you describe this person? Our own confusion, our own laziness, our own bad temper and anger, our own attachments. Disaster. He was the first mortal to die, and thus, because of that, he became the Lord of Death. So even the most heinous crimes, if we do Yamantakas tantra very well, we can purify in one life. Yamantaka (gShin-rje gshed, gShin-rje mthar-byed) is specifically the type of practice that is done to overcome death. Were not talking about the historical Shakyamuni. So its the same thing: the practice of Yamantaka imitates the practice of death, what happens at death. May 29, 2022 in new york v united states quizlet. So hence, thats very, very important. So, the only higher tantric system that focuses on both mother and father combined simultaneously is the Yamantaka set of tantras. They passed down the line of Vikramashila masters and there were many commentaries written to them in India. We need a combination of compassion we want to help others and force and strength that Im not going to let all this junk thats going on in my mind prevent me from being able to help others, like laziness: I dont feel like doing it. (1878 - 1941 C.E.) At the time of the Fifth Dalai Lama, he went back to his own monastery, Tashilhunpo (bKras-shis lhun-po), and many Mongols came to Tashilhunpo to study with him., So already, through the influence of the Fourth Panchen Lama, Yamantaka practice had reached the Mongols. And if people try to do it and use these disturbing emotions before they are at a sufficiently highly developed level, the danger is that they really come under the influence of anger and desire, and then its a disaster. Like other wrathful deities, Yamantaka gives the forces of the Shadow [in the Jungian sense] a symbol that hooks their energy and provides a channel and direction for their expression and transformation (Preece, p. 187). 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