They made this association that Manchu well, that sounds like Manju of Manjushri so their rulers eventually became recognized as emanations of Manjushri like the association of Avalokiteshvara with the Tibetans and Vajrapani with the Mongols. In Vajrayana Buddhism, Vajrabhairava, also known as Yamantaka, is (1) a wrathful, buffalo-headed meditational deity (Tib: yi-dam) of the Highest Yoga Tantra class and/or (2) a dharma protector. First Yamantaka already appears as a protector early in the development of Buddhist tantra. The statue is shown with three faces, each with a third eye. That will be more than enough for you. Hence, thats called habituation. On top of that, please read (Tibetan name) is the Six Sessions Guru Yoga, which is to be recited six times a day, written by Kyabje Pabongka Dorje Chang. For those who are interested in iconography, Black Yamari is either with: Red Yamari is usually just in the one head, two arms, two-legged version. It can also subdue the four maras, Devaputra mara, Skanda mara, Klesa mara, and Mrtyu mara. So therefore, I rejoice and Im very happy for you and I feel very fortunate and do that initiation well. I believe the intention of the person who requested this was that, because in the Gelug tradition theres a large emphasis from Tsongkhapa on the three deities of Guhyasamaja (gSang-ba 'dus-pa), Chakrasamvara, ('Khor-lo bde-mchog), and Vajrabhairava, it would be helpful to have some general idea of these three systems. Thats the reason. She said, You can only take back what you can memorize in seven days. That in itself is a very interesting point, isnt it, that these teachings are really very, very sacred, special, not to be made public, and if you really want them, you have to really, really want it and work really hard, which means memorize it. Then the second chapter, rituals using various devices for extremely forceful actions against harmful beings. Thats what a Buddha does. The deity yamantaka, as the name suggested, is terrifying to behold. So whats the Buddhist version of the legend? But if its, if things change because we understand, then things would have changed because many people understand that point once they have studied Buddhism. Proofread by Sarah Yap These are the five special features of Vajrabhairava or Yamantaka. Now, personally I find this very interesting. Its very interesting. Many things in terms of the Kalachakra myth you find in a Hindu variant as well, for example. Then joining the deep awareness wheel with the drawn commitment wheel. And so you have a structure, which you get in Chandrakirtis commentaries to Guhyasamaja tantra, in which he gives the structure of six alternatives and four modes (mtha'-drug tshul-bzhi) for explaining these so-called vajra expressions. Either one is very good. Important historical commentaries were written by Tri Gyaltsen Senghe for the Solitary Hero practice and Lhundup Pandita for the 13-Deity practice; both have been translated. But in order to do that, we have to have a very, very strong motivation because its really very difficult to do that. Our own confusion, our own laziness, our own bad temper and anger, our own attachments. Its dynasty ruled for a long time that whole area from Eastern Iran all the way over to north-central India, and so you had there a mixture of Iranian and ancient Indian ideas and mythology and various religious ideas, terminology, and so on. It should be given only to as few disciples as possible. If one form becomes too popularized so that it becomes commonplace and trivialized as in having Kalachakra T-shirts and this sort of thing then theres usually a revelation of another form because it really has to be something sacred and private, not something popular. Ive already spoken in previous visits about Chakrasamvara and Guhyasamaja, so now we have Vajrabhairava left. Practice Being Kind Never Undo the Past Appreciate What You Have Practice being Calm always Be Compassionate to Everyone Reach Your Full Potential by eliminating Fear Have Peace in Your Heart Let Your Light Shine Thru What can I do to make a meaningful difference in the World May All Beings enjoy Happiness Hindi Posters So, this one you can do either the short one, you can do the long one, its up to you. "Like other wrathful deities, Yamantaka gives the forces of the Shadow [in the Jungian sense] a symbol that hooks their energy and provides a channel and direction for their expression and transformation" (Preece, p. 187). And you should do that. At the time of the Fifth Dalai Lama, he went back to his own monastery, Tashilhunpo (bKras-shis lhun-po), and many Mongols came to Tashilhunpo to study with him., So already, through the influence of the Fourth Panchen Lama, Yamantaka practice had reached the Mongols. And so he wondered, Who is this Vajrabhairava? He then killed the two thieves and drank their blood from cups made from their skulls (so the skull-cup image). Now, soon after that, Yama becomes incorporated into the Shiva complex of Hindu deities. There are either eight or ten directional protectors, and Yama is one of them. Shes called Vajravetali, or Dorje Rolangma (rDo-rje ro-lang-ma) in Tibetan. There are also some Yamantaka terma revelations in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools. Highest Yoga Tantra Initiation from a qualified Lama. I wish you the best. Commentary teachings and retreats are held at regular intervals around the world. The two hands hold a curved knife above and a skull-cup below at the heart. Both practice texts are available in English translation on this website. Dont just look at these things as little fairy tales to tell children. So what we need to do is to somehow gain access to this subtlest level and not only stay with it, but work with it to transform it into the body, speech, and mind of a Buddha. "In the practice of Highest Yoga Tantra, try to focus on everything causing great bliss within you. So everybody really thought this was very special and worshipped there. The first chapter describes the mandala palace thats to be revealed during the initiation, the offerings to be made, the attainments that you can get, and some brief instructions on doing the retreat to gain powers against harmful interferences. Otherwise, I wish you the best. Yamantaka Meditation. This is a Buddha according to Mahayana, who then manifests in so many different forms and in Buddha-fields, and he teaches to hundreds of thousands of devas and asuras and gandharvas all these figures from general Indian mythology or whatever you want to call it all these various beings in these incredible settings, and so on. But if you understand the way that ancient Indian society functioned, then you see that all of these people lived together, and so you have this common pool there. Then the Guru disappeared and Ra Lotsawa was left alone. Then you fall to one extreme of either Only this is true or The other one is true. There are various depictions of what a Buddha is: Thats the way that a Buddha is described in Mahayana. This is, just in very general terms, a little bit of what is Yamantaka all about for those who might not have so much of a background. Its not an easy trip., I always find it quite helpful to think of these things as actually happening, not just some legend. . Number three. (In tantra every deity appears in so many different forms, so you shouldnt think Oh, theres only one and then freak out when you hear that theres something else.) Dont think that any of these systems are simple. We want to help others as much as possible. Hence, within this, the Sutra path is much longer. Theyre not. So this is basically the tantra path of the highest class of tantra. All of that is implicit in these various rituals and things that are explained in the texts which sound as though they are horrible black magic for actually harming others, harmful beings, whereas the intention is for harming the internal enemy, our own selfishness. When he went in, he saw a Yamantaka painting on the wall with five offerings before it. All these names that you hear for Yama in the protector practices Dharmaraja, Yamaraja (King Yama) all of that already you have in the non-Buddhist variant. To receive it there are many requirements: (1) very strong faith in the Guru, (2) many offerings made to please the dakas and dakinis, (3) offerings of what is most precious to you as a way to overcome your self-grasping and perfect your practice of far-reaching generosity. The latter gives more detail about practices to access clear light mental activity (T: od-gsal) and focus it with blissful awareness on voidness, as the immediate cause for achieving a Buddhas omniscient awareness or dharmakaya (Tib: chos-sku). So Yamantaka is already one of the protectors on this wheel in Guhyasamaja as well as on this wheel in the Yamantaka and Hevajra practices. The materials include: Practice texts (Sadhanas) for the Single and Thirteen-Deity Yamantaka deities, commentaries and pratice instructions, deity images, protector practices, and other support materials. Why Ogyen? And he becomes a guardian of the hells. The benefit of that is, that if we do Yamantakas practice, we can overcome our inner, real, self-grasping anger. Now, if we look at the Iranian side before Zoroastrianism got codified (so lets call it proto-Zoroastrianism), you have their ancient sacred text. The full form of Vajrabhairava has nine heads, the central one being that of a buffalo, and the top-most being that of yellow Manjushri with a slightly wrathful expression. ARGHAM, PADYAM, PUSHPE, DHUPE, ALOKE, GHENDE, NAIWITYE, SHABTA PRATICCHA HUNG SOHA. They passed down the line of Vikramashila masters and there were many commentaries written to them in India. This sadhana practice is intended only for those people who have received this Highest Yoga Tantra Initiation from a qualified Lama. The second of the five special features is that in two of his hands he holds intestines and a triangular fire stove. Yamantaka is a wrathful expression of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom. And Manjushri transformed himself into Yamantaka, looking very similar to Yama but ten times more powerful and horrible, and Manjushri as Yamantaka then defeated Yama and made him into a protector for Buddhism., So what do we learn from this story? So, do the sadhana, torma, sensory offerings, then every two weeks do tsog or extra three times mantra and read up on your Bodhisattva Vows and your Tantric Vows, very important, they should have it in Chinese, Im sure. Rather than saying hidden maybe thats not a good word here its encoded into these vajra expressions. Theres this whole thing that you get in the study of mythology to see what are the lessons behind the mythology, and is there a deeper psychological thing that is going on, and so on. This is very, very dangerous, very delicate. So if you think Well, did the historical Buddha do that? then you get very confused. Many of the Eastern Mongols had already accepted Tibetan Buddhism at this time, but Neiji Toin wanted to convert the remaining shamanistic Eastern Mongol tribes and get them to accept the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism particularly with the practice of Yamantaka. Yama is a common figure that we find in Indo-Iranian culture, both on the Indian side and the Iranian side. This holy man meditated in a cave for forty-nine years, eleven months, and twenty-nine days so he was one day short of the fifty years and he was interrupted by two thieves who broke into his cave with a stolen water buffalo. Remember in the beginning we were talking about how ordinarily when we die, the level of mental activity that we have is this subtlest clear-light level, the so-called clear light of death. This is the level that goes on from lifetime to lifetime and will continue into Buddhahood. Im saying this not to say Im a great yogi which Im obviously not but the point is that if you want to actually practice any of these things, you need to get the teachings over and over again, many teachings. (Now, remember in tantra that having all these faces and arms and legs they all represent different realizations, different aspects of the path that we want to be able to have fully realized simultaneously. In other words, our mental activity during that short period of death is just this subtlest, subtlest level. Before the Manchus conquered China (in 1644), they had already accepted certain elements of Gelug when they built the Yellow Temple in Mukden, their capital (1636-38). It has been identified archaeologically as Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan, present-day Pakistan. Buddha appears in a stupa, and theres the dakinis, and all this sort of stuff. Now, just one last thing that I want to mention here is that there are five special features of Vajrabhairava practice that were revealed to Tsongkhapa by Manjushri. He adopted this form in order to defeat Yama, the lord of death who was arrogantly interfering with karma by claiming victims before their time was up. All the confusion and disturbing emotions and compulsiveness of our samsaric, karmic type of life is occurring on grosser levels, not this subtlest level that just provides the continuity. Yamantaka: Yama is death, the Lord of Death, and antaka, the one who puts an end to, so the one who puts an end to the Lord of Death. Yamantaka is in the form of a very, very strong, forceful figure and has Manjushri in his heart (so very peaceful, calm, the complete understanding of reality). I am not being miserly about the teaching, but the Yamantaka teaching is like the heart of the dakinis. This evening Ive been asked to give an introduction to the Vajrabhairava (rDo-rje 'jigs-byed) system of the highest class of tantra, anuttarayoga tantra. Dharma in that tradition means justice, justice in the sense of what maintains the order of karma in terms of rebirth. And theres an enormous amount of teachings. suggest the same. That has to be explained by a teacher. So what does this tell us? All the various Indian deities, these various figures, are always riding on top of something. The binding factors that keeps us in Samsara is, ignorance. And so in this highest class of tantra practice what we want to do is imitate death in our meditation by using very subtle methods to get down to that subtlest level as well. Om Mani is one of the few most-famed Buddhist mantras that most Asian Buddhists, mainly the Tibetans, put their firm believe in and recite regularly. When in union, he is so with his consort, Vajravetali (Skt: for Adamantine Ghoul; Tib: rDor-rje ro-lang-ma), who has one face, two hands, and is blue in color with orange hair pressed against her back, holding a skull cup in her left hand. Another name for Shiva is Bhairava. Why? And they exchanged ideas. Theyre all very qualified paths, its just depending on the method. There is a version that you find in the Pali canon, where Shakyamuni was a prince, and he had his life, and there are all these accounts of what he did during his actual historical life. The text emphasizes the need for confident belief in the practices, having no doubts or dualistic thinking, not separating the rituals from the mantra recitation, relying on spiritual teacher and confidence in him. yamantaka mantra benefits . Plus in the palace itself of Guhyasamaja, you have four gateways, and Yamantaka is there in one of the gateways as a protector also. So it has to be explained by a teacher, and thats the aspect of secrecy in this tantra system. All of that is completely clear in these texts. As general background, we need to have just some general idea of what is tantra about. So he does that.. According to some scholars thats already by the fourth century. Yama also appears as one of the eight directional protectors that appear, one each, in the eight charnel grounds that surround many anuttarayoga tantra mandalas, such as Yamantaka, Vajrapani Mahachakra, Chakrasamvara, Vajrayogini and Hevajra. Five Special Features of Yamantaka Practice, Explaining Vajra Expressions: 6 Alternatives & 4 Modes, That clear-light state to have the understanding of voidness or reality. [See: Explaining Vajra Expressions: 6 Alternatives & 4 Modes.] In the Gelug school, Yama- or Dharmaraja is part of the Vajrabhairava practice. In Buddhism there are many protector deities that have been incorporated, and many of them come from an earlier Indian non-Buddhist context (some even come from an Iranian context). It was a woman who transmitted all of this and got it all started. Im very, very happy, and Im very pleased to hear that. In general Buddhas teaching is as wide and deep as the ocean and tantra is like a wish-fulfilling gem in the ocean. You can envision this person with a Mahayana sutra type of vision. Both do both, but the emphasis is different. (Of course we can get very complicated and sophisticated here if we want to go further in this discussion, and I find it very helpful to analyze.) Yamantaka, then, represents the goal of the Mahayana practitioner's journey to enlightenment, or the journey itself: in awakening, one adopts the practice of Yamntaka - the practice of terminating death . Because if you think that secret and hidden means this system of these vajra expressions, you become totally confused when you read the Yamantaka root tantra or the Chakrasamvara one and you see Well, its all explained there very explicitly. And one should also learn the Lama Chopa Tsog, one should learn the Lama Chopa Tsog, to be done to Yamantaka every two weeks. Transcribed by Tenzin Losang And one collects great amount of merit while one is perpetuating Yamantaka. And so this (motivation) is an enormous, tremendous compassion for everybody. In these texts you find a very clear description of what Yamantaka looks like how many arms, how many legs, what the arms are holding, what are underneath his feet. Vajra language is completely symbolic. Ive made offerings to Manjushri for you, for the success of your practice. Thats why Yamantaka would also have a buffalo head.. You have to remember when we talk about tantra and the accounts of how Buddha taught tantra not to think in terms of the historical Shakyamuni Buddha. It is one of the mother tantra deity systems within which the six yogas of Naropa are practiced. everything is 100% complete. Second Buddha means the one thats equal to Sakyamuni after Sakyamuni. OM YAMANTAKA ARGHAM, PADYAM, GHENDE, PUSHPE, DHUPE, ALOKE, NAIWITYE, SHABTA PRATICCHA HUNG SOHA. Remember Lalitavajra, the guy who found it there in Ogyen, hes the tenth century. Now I can go back to just explaining a little bit about the history of the system, the different aspects of the system now we just get information so that you get a little bit of an idea of all the different aspects of it and how this practice actually developed and spread (since its not too appropriate to speak in very much detail about the actual practice, especially to people who are not practicing it). In both schools, Vajrabhairava is seen as the wrathful manifestation of Manjushri, the Buddha of wisdom. Thats the Concert of Names of Manjushri, a Kalachakra text (probably also seventh century). So it is saying The vajra with the lotus and the this and that, and you have no idea what theyre talking about. [See: What Is Guhyasamaja Practice? If you memorize this verse, well give you cattle. All the texts explain the benefits of having OM MANI PADME HUM [in the prayer wheel]. Yamantaka's command carries tremendous power to perform purification, enhancement, harmonization and subjugation. And one of Atishas teachers was Dharmarakshita, who was the author of this mind training (lojong) called Wheel of Sharp Weapons (Theg-pa chen-poi blo-sbyong mtshon-cha khor-lo). So one has to be very, very careful. You dont need to get many, many other initiations. Then he was ready to do more meditation, there was no need for further teachings. We have in Guhyasamaja, as I mentioned in my previous lecture about that, a whole different system of secrecy than we have here in Vajrabhairava. Actually theres no problem with fitting in the history as well from a Buddhological point of view. So we have this whole development within the non-Buddhist Indian context of Yama, the Lord of Death, and even putting an end to Yama in the Shiva complex.. Hence within the tantric system, you have four sets of tantras: Charya, Yoga, Kriya and Maha Anuttara tantra. Where is Ogyen? I think that basically what is possible is to just give a little bit of information about it. Vajrabhairava is sometimes called just Yamantaka. Or you could try to look at it to see that what is said in the Buddhist version does have some historical reference, that the whole development of tantra is really a general thing going on in India, a general way of practicing, and that you have different schools, whether Hindu or Buddhist, each working with it and trying to find the most efficient method for attaining their goals (liberation or enlightenment the way that each of them define it). As Bulcsu Siklos explains in his book, the lineage of the Vajrabhairava tantra texts was brought to Tibet by Atisha, who had many Indian masters. Remember this association of Yamantaka with Manjushri? One collects a great amount of merit. Are they all Shakyamuni? Maybe it has that connotation. Then the lady said that the Guru would manifest as a dog. This is not childrens games here. It comes already in this early time. And the reason that Buddha gave the different types of teachings of sutra and tantra is to suit the different types of mental, karmic, environmental and time dispositions. So even the most heinous crimes, if we do Yamantakas tantra very well, we can purify in one life. Its totally improper to bribe people to practice this tantra. But the Manchu ruler didnt want to get involved with this, and so he said, Take it to the Fifth Dalai Lama. Thats not the Buddha that theyre talking about. This sadhana practice is intended only for those people who have received this. Sometimes the study of Sanskrit and Tibetan is quite useful for clearing up some of these confusing issues., In the Upanishadic period, what we also find is that you have directional protectors. If you think in terms of Well, it was Buddha Shakyamuni who taught tantra in other words, the historical Buddha as described in the Pali canon, the Theravadin canon then youre going to see, well, thats completely contradictory with the Buddhologist study of the history of Buddhism, completely contradictory. Media in category "Yamantaka". Yamantaka Self-Initiation PDF -This practice is restricted to only those with the appropriate tantric empowerment. If youre able to transform the clear light of death into this understanding of voidness, you wont get the aggregates of another samsaric rebirth, so it overcomes the mara of the aggregates. (3) And then the third point is that he holds a khatvanga staff, which indicates that he incorporates the teachings of voidness and bliss from Chakrasamvara. After having his head cut off, this guy became so angry that he took the head of the buffalo that was cut off and put it on his own head and became Yama, the Lord of Death. Yamantakas tantra, (Tibetan words], means it has seven special attributes, seven special attributes. Ive received the empowerment of the Single-Deity Vajrabhairava (rDo-rje jigs-byed dpa-bo gcig-pa) many, many times, from: And Ive been practicing it every day for more than forty years. And then the second one is that you take control of yourself and just do it. Vajrabhairava is using the forceful energy, like of anger but not really anger, because with anger you are completely exaggerating the negative qualities of something, grasping to it to be truly existent, and then I have to get it away from me. Its not that kind of anger, but its the energy of that and its using that, as I said, to forcefully cut through all your ignorance and your self-cherishing and selfishness and so on. It tells us that there are many, many ways and many appearances of all these various Buddha-figures. If you find our material useful, please consider making a single or monthly donation. Yama is mentioned in the tenth book of the Rg Veda. His hundred-syllable mantra is the quintessence of all mantras. Yamantaka imitates Yama by both of them having the buffalo head. Then the Guru appeared and said, When the sun rises in the east and there are no clouds, then the sun shines. A lot is explained. So you have to understand whats going on here., The main thing is the division between whether you explain the fourth initiation explicitly or not. (This is the Tibetan story, by the way.) Exposing these teachings is like exposing their heart. So I have received your wonderful offering, and I thank you. Thats a Buddha as understood in tantra. Thats in the seventh century. Were talking about this region. The protectors are like a dog, a very vicious, powerful dog. He went back to Mongolia, to the very most eastern tribes of the Mongols and he was like a missionary. So, no other tantra, no other tantric system, no other sutra system, can promise us to purify, example, even if we have created the most heinous crimes. and then theres another one, Vajra Arali which Ive never heard of anybody actually practicing which is transforming naivety or unawareness into a path. Rinpoche then discusses the benefits of three particular mantras: A A SHA SA MA HA, the Six Clairvoyances Mantraafter fifteen days of seeing this mantra all the heavy negative karmas you collected in past lives are purified. Manjushri told him, Go to Ogyen, to Oddiyana, and there youll find the full teachings of Vajrabhairava., So he traveled from Nalanda Nalandas in central India, north of Bodh Gaya, not that far from Bodh Gaya. For some disciples, one type of form is more helpful; for other types of disciple, another form is helpful. So already you get that name Dharmaraja in the non-Buddhist context. He represents the power, energy, and fearlessness of the Buddhas. 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