Essence of the Mahayana Teachings
author: Khenpo Samdup
edition: 2015, Majnu ka Tila
pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780986446016
Topic: Mahayana
4.2.2 - Yidam Deity Meditation
This page describes Yidam Deity Meditation which is part 4.2.2 located on page 134 in the book: Essence of the Mahayana Teachings by Khenpo Samdup. This book is a commentary on Jigten Sumgon’s Lam Rim text and contains the summarized essence of the Buddha’s teachings contained within the Sutras and Tantras. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Yidam Deity Meditation” according to 210 books dealing with Buddhism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Bodhisattvacharyavatara [by Andreas Kretschmar]
In Mahayana Buddhism, one’s personal meditation deity is called a ’special deity’ [lhag pa’i lha]; this is identical in meaning with the Vajrayana Buddhist term ’yidam deity’ [yi dam gyi lha]. Among the countless forms of buddhas, bodhisattvas, and deities, practitioners will generally commit [dam] themselves to one special deity [dmigs gsal gyi lha] with whom they share a personal connection....
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The Great Chariot [by Longchenpa]
This should accord with the particular complete visualization of the developing stage for the individual one of the four karmas being practiced. 6) Afterward Having done the meditation, At the end collect the details in conceptionless emptiness. Then you should relax for just a little while, Dedicating the merit to enlightenment. The external world is gathered into the form of the deity. That is gathered into oneself. Oneself is gathered into the guru on top of the head....
Read full contents: Part 1 - How to practice
Maha Kassapa [by Hellmuth Hecker]
Encounters With Deities. Two meetings of Maha Kassapa with deities of lower or higher order have been recorded. They are related here because they illustrate his independence of spirit and his determination to keep to his austere way of living without accepting privileges from wherever they were offered....
Read full contents: Part 6 - Encounters With Deities
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