The Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deities
author: Lokesh Chandra
edition: 2002, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 807
ISBN-10: 812460178X
ISBN-13: 9788124601785
Topic: Tibetan-buddhism
Guhyasamaja-Aksobhyavajra
This chapter describes Guhyasamaja-Aksobhyavajra located on page 72 and contained in the collection "Mahaguhya Buddhas" in the book Tibetan Iconography (a unique pantheon). This book deals with the iconography of deities within the Pantheon of Tibetan Buddhism, such as Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, Matrkas (Goddesses), Gurus (Teachers), Protective Deities and various other spiritual entities. The Buddhist art and iconography in this book is accompanied by Chinese eulogies.
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Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) [by George N. Roerich]
Numerous later translators have gone to Aryavarta, and have studied there the (Guhya)samaja, and later have preached it in Tibet. Among them, the Venerable gos (lhas btsas) and his followers became the holders (of the doctrine) of the (Guhya)samaja....
Read full contents: Chapter 2 - Guhyasamaja-tantra system of Noble Nagarjuna
The Great Chariot [by Longchenpa]
The body practice mandalas of Guhyasamaja, Hevajra, Chakrasamvara, and so forth, as many as are taught in the anuttara tantras, are self-appearances of sambhogakaya, and not appearances for others. Some say that these complexities of the mandalas of wrathful ones, which exist for the purpose of taming obstructing spirits and agents of perversion, are nirmanakayas , rather than part of the mandala of the field of Akanishta....
Read full contents: Part 3d.2f - The explanation of self appearance and other-appearance
The Indian Buddhist Iconography [by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya]
His name occurs for the first time in the Aryamanjushrimulakalpa which is obviously a pre-Guhyasamaja work, and then in the Guhyasamaja-tantra which is dated circa 300 A.D. Many details about Manjushri are to be found in the Svayambhu-purana, dealing with the glories of the Svayambhukshetra in Nepal. The Adibuddha manifested himself here in the shape of a flame of fire, and so it is called the Svayambhukshetra (place of the Self- Born)....
Read full contents: Figure 66 - Bodhisattva Manjushri
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