TOP 13 articles about Samye
Tsangpa Karpo is a wrathful
worldly protector of
Tibet. Tsangpa Karpo was a dynasty that dominated large parts of Tibet from 1565 to 1642. It was the last
Tibetan royal dynasty to rule in its own name.
The regime of Tsangpa Karpo was founded by
Karma Tseten, a low-born retainer of the prince of the
Rinpungpa Dynasty and governor of Shigatse in Tsang (West-Central Tibet) since 1548.
Tsangpa is known as gTsang pa in Tibet.
Iconography of .
Machig Labdron is a founder of the Cho Tradition of
Tibetan Buddhism. Machig Labdron was a renowned 11th-century
Tibetan tantric Buddhist practitioner, teacher, and
yogini who originated several Tibetan lineages of the
Vajrayana practice of Chod. Machig Labdron may have come from a
Bon family and, according to
Namkhai Norbu, developed Chod by combining native
shamanism with the
Dzogchen teaching.
Machig Labdron may have come from a Bon family and, according to Namkhai Norbu, developed .
According to
Tibetan Buddhist myth, Gyalpo Pehar (
Tibetan: རྒྱལ་པོ་དཔེ་ཧར ) is a spirit belonging to the gyalpo class.
When
Padmasambhava arrived in
Tibet in the eighth century, he subdued all
gyalpo spirits and put them under control of Gyalpo Pehar, who promised not to harm any sentient beings and was made the chief guardian spirit of
Samye during the reign of Trisong Deutsen.
The protector deity
Pehar Gyalpo is depicted with three Geluk
masters above.
Thangka .
This is mid-20th-century
painting of Machik Labdron and the Chod refuge field displaying teachers and deities.
Thangka Painting Chart
Depicting the Painting of Machik Labdron and Chod Refuge
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Asanga
Asaṅga was "one of the most important spiritual figures" of
Mahayana Buddhism and the "founder of the Yogacara school".
Traditionally, he and his half-brother
Vasubandhu are regarded as the major classical Indian
Sanskrit exponents of
Mahayana Abhidharma, Vijñanavada (awareness only) thought and Mahayana
teachings on the .
For 2,500 years
Buddhists have considered with awe the achievement of
Siddhartha Gautama. What induces such tremendous respect in them is not just that he gained
Enlightenment, but that he did so without a teacher. Contemplating the difficulties that the
Buddha had to overcome has given
Buddhism a very great appreciation of the value of a spiritual teacher.
As Buddhism developed, and the three yanas unfolded, the role and significance of the spiritual teacher changed. .
Atisha Dipamkara Shrijnana is a renowned Indian
master who went to
Tibet in 1042 to help in the revival of
Buddhism and established the Kadam tradition. His text Light for the Path was the first lam-rim text.
Pala Empire
The Pala Dynasty was the ruling Dynasty in Bihar and Bengal
India, from the 8th to the 12th century. Called the Palas because all their names ended in Pala, "protector".
Atisha is a
Buddhist teacher from the Pala Empire who, along .
Buddhism in
Tibet started in the sixth century. It was transmitted by the great
Buddhist teacher of
India for the next eight years.
Tibetan Buddhism begins with
Bon. The Bon
religion of Tibet was animistic and shamanistic, and
elements of it live on today, to one degree or another, in
Tibetan Buddhism.
Introduction of Buddhism In Tibet
When Buddhism was introduced into Tibet in the seventh century under
King Songtsen Gampo, it was apparently centered in the .
