#vajrayana

[empress-lotus]

Wisdom dakinis, sky dancers, are the feminine embodiment of bliss and freedom that are at the essence of enlightenment. They can arise in any form, terrifying or stunningly beautiful, to aid tantric practitioners in cutting through their ego.

Dakinis will reveal that which you yourself are blind to and that which gets in the way of your path to truth.

All women are dakinis one way or another.

#tibetan buddhism #thangka art #vajrayogini #divine feminine #feminine wisdom #female empowerment #thangka #vajrayana #Dakini

[worldbuildingwanderlust]

Inner peace is not won

Through peace.

Peace does not test you

Does not bend

Or break you

It does not reshape you.

Peace is a comfort earned

Through war

With the demons

That plague your mind

Fester in your soul

And hold you to the fires

Of revelation.

Embrace

Your Wrathful Aspect

And defeat the demon

That is

The Self

#my writing #poetry #poem #creative writing #spilled ink #quick write #buddhism #buddhist inspired #vajrayana #tibetan buddhism #writers #writers and poets #writers on tumblr #poets on tumblr

[mahayanapilgrim]

STAY FREE IN UNSHAKEN SERENITY

"Maintain that state of simplicity. If you encounter happiness, success, prosperity, or other favorable conditions, consider them as dreams or illusions, and do not get attached to any of them.

If you are stricken by illness, calamity, deprivation, or other physical and mental trials, do not let yourself get discouraged, but rekindle your compassion and generate the wish that through your suffering all beings suffering may be exhausted.

Whatever circumstances arise, do not plunge into either elation or misery, but stay free and comfortable, in unshaken serenity."

~ H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

#Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche #buddha #buddhist #buddhism #dharma #sangha #mahayana #zen #milarepa #tibetan buddhism #thich nhat hanh #Padmasambhava #Guru Rinpoche #four noble truths #amitaba buddha #dzambala #dali lama #dzogchen #dhamma #buddha samantabhadra #bodhidharma #rainbow body #Bodhisattva #manjushri #vajrasattva #vipassana #vajrapani #vajrayana

[suriyavanna]

Early Buddhist depiction of a bodhisattva with lotus (padma) in hands.

#buddhism #buddha #mahayana #blue #vajrayana #nirvana #samadhi #meditation #cave paintings #padma #lotus #dukkha #bodhisattva #☸️

[softbean]

on heartbreak a comic by aurie

I want to say that I don’t claim to represent all of Buddhism. I can only represent my limited insight into its vast teachings, and my own experiences, at 26 years of age. Further insight is welcome in the comments, but like the masters say, there is a keen difference between conceptual knowledge you can share with me and embodied understanding I can receive. Please be respectful of my thoughts and feelings if you disagree with anything I’ve written.

Thank you for reading. 💛

#comic #heartbreak #buddhism #buddhist #art #vajrayana #mahayana #personal #artists on tumblr #lgbtq

[gleaningsinbuddhafields]

Toyokawa Inari Shrine: Syncretic Religion

A little while back, during my post on Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, I alluded to how the native Shinto religion often blended with Buddhism up until the early modern period (e.g. the Meiji Period) when they were more forcefully separated. You can still see vestiges of this blending in some temples and shrines, but one great example is the Toyokawa Inari shrine right in the heart of…

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#Benzaiten #Buddhism #Inari #Japan #Kannon #Religion #Shinto #Soto Zen #Travel #Vajrayana #Zen

[pandaemoniumpancakes]

A bronze Vajra (ritual thunderbolt), paired with the ghanta (bell), Tibet, 19th century, 18 cm, British Museum. 

   “The ‘vajra’ and ‘ghaṇṭā’ were the most important ritual implements of Vajrayāna Buddhism. The ‘vajra’, symbolising the unbreakable Absolute, hardly survives as a ritual object from Buddhist India but is found in Indonesia, Nepal, Tibet and Japan. Paired with the bell, it symbolised compassion or the 'male' skill in means for salvation; the bell was the symbol of supreme knowledge seen as female. Together they constituted a unity of coefficients for salvation. Held in the right and left hands respectively to make elaborate ritual movements, they are also the attributes of many deities.”

#vajrayana #tantric #tantra #buddhist

[stolemythesis]

Doing some religious tourism in Sedona, AZ

The Amitabha Stupa and peace park

#art #religion #arizona #Buddha #Buddhism #vajrayana #Tara #architecture #Stupa #bodhisattva #travel

[lowcountry-gothic]

In the Vajrayana view, then, strong emotions are viewed neither as afflictive nor as bridges to compassion, but as wisdom emanations in and of themselves. Each painful emotion is a confused form of brilliance.

Susan Piver, The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship

#quotes #susan piver #the buddhist enneagram #buddhism #vajrayana #emotions #wisdom

[kongque-jiaan]

The internet is such a wonderful technology, with a few clicks and keystrokes I can hear Dharma teachings given years ago in Malaysia by a dead Mongolian-American lama who trained in India under Tibetan masters, all from the comfort of my own home in Guatemala. Even though it's the Dharma Decline Age, we are blessed with many opportunities to encounter the teachings that we would have never had mere decades ago.

#buddhism #dharma #buddhadharma #vajrayana #gelug #tsem rinpoche

[yourcoffeeguru]

Tibetan Kartika Crescent Knife Vajrayana Buddhist Sky Burial Vajra Dorje 1930s || SWtradepost - ebay

#kartika knife #tibetan kartika crescent knife #vajrayana #buddhist sky burial vajra dorje #vajra dorje #ceremonial knife #swtradepost #vintage sky burial knife #vintage vajra dorje knife

[photo-by-thomas]

Palcho Monastary

Gyantse, Tibet 2021

#tibet #buddhism #vajrayana #shigatse #photobythomas #photographers on tumblr

[empress-lotus]

I rest within the one taste of the sphere of absolute being, the great female principle ♾️

#dakini #feminine principle #vajrayana #healing

[mahayanapilgrim]

"The mind has to look at itself. What we need to do is not to analyze this mental darkness discursively; rather we have to first let the mind rest in a state of complete naturalness or simplicity, just as it is, without falling into distraction.

A state will be soon attained that is free from obvious movements of the mind such as aversion for enemies, unpleasant feelings, or attraction toward pleasant things.

This state is also free from the opaque dullness that one experienced before. It is a state that is lucid, clear, and spacious, like the experience of looking into the vast sky."

~ Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

#Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche #Padmasambhava #Guru Rinpoche #buddha #buddhist #buddhism #dharma #sangha #mahayana #zen #milarepa #tibetan buddhism #thich nhat hanh #amitaba buddha #dzogchen #dzambala #dali lama #manjushri #buddha samantabhadra #bodhidharma #bodhisattva #vajrasattva #vipassana #vajrapani #vajrayana

[suriyavanna]

Early Buddhist depiction of a Bodhisattva

#buddhism #buddha #mahayana #vajrayana #blue #nirvana #samadhi #dukkha #bodhisattva #☸️ #cave paintings

[elmachetecriollo]

I think I was brought to Troma Nagmo and Kali practice in general because it constitutes the final stages of Buddhist training.

I already understand all the basics and how to be a good person. I can reach shamatha and do Vipassana. I understand the importance of the guru and of the three roots. Now what's really needed is the energy and wisdom for enacting compassionate activities, and finally the ability to transform suffering into qualities that benefit all beings.

Troma Nagmo is the manifestation of divine wrath, and specifically the emptiness that is the essence of divine wrath. Through her practice, we can understand that by using negativity against itself, we can transform all negative phenomena into positive phenomena. They are not actually two separate things--When we channel our rage in the proper direction, it turns into the firey energy that fuels mindfulness. We can use this mindfulness to transform all of the poisons into the paramitas that benefit all sentient beings.

The goal of Vajrayana is not to ignore the poisons. It is to embody the divine hero or heroine to such a degree that we are able to transform suffering into liberation. This axiom is really the core of Krodhikali practice, and it is something that I need to implement in my life to a much higher degree. May I accumulate the merit and energy to embody the Dark Black Mother and all of her magnificent bodhisattvic activities.

#Vajrayana #troma nagmo #Buddhism