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
Maharaja-Vaisravana
This chapter describes Maharaja-Vaisravana located on page 648 and contained in the collection "Protective Deities: Vaisravana" 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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The Way of the White Clouds [by Anagarika Lama Govinda]
I occupied the same room in which she had lived and where a strange voice had warned the young Maharaja (the predecessor of the Maharaja Tashi Namgyal, who ruled at that time) of his impending end and the failure of his intended religious reforms. Like many young men with westernised ideas, he felt it his duty to free his country from what he thought mere superstitions, without realising that this would only have resulted in the disruption of all traditional values....
Read full contents: Chapter 23 - Miraculous Escape and Floating Lights
The gods of northern Buddhism [by Alice Getty]
The four Lokapala (S.) catur maharaja. (T.) rgyal-c'en-bshi (the four kings). (M.) maharaja. (C.) Hu-shih-ehe (). The Lokapala, or guardians of the Four Cardinal Points, are believed to dwell on Mount Sumeru (Kailasa) at the gates of the paradise of Sakra (Indra), who is looked upon as a protector of Buddhism....
Read full contents: Chapter XIV - Minor Gods
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra [by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön]
Notes on the stanzas spoken by Vaishravana in honor of the Buddha. Note: this appendix is extracted from Chapter VIII part 5. In the Dirghagama, king Vaishravana addresses the following stanza to the Buddha: I bow before the Buddhas, past, future and present; I take refuge (sharana) in the Buddha Shakyamuni....
Read full contents: Appendix 13 - Notes on the stanzas spoken by Vaishravana in honor of the Buddha
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