Rāgarāja
Rāgarāja (Aizen Myōō) is a vidyārāja who commonly features in the mandalas inscribed by Nichiren. He is seen as a protective deity (外護神, gegoshin) who embodies the tenet of hongaku ("original enlightenment") doctrine: "worldly passions (kleśa) are precisely enlightenment (bodhi)" (煩悩即菩提, bonnō soku bodai).
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- co occurs with
- Aka-Fudō, Ki-Fudō, Vajrayakṣa, Kuṇḍali, Ucchuṣma, Aparajita, Mahachakra, Padanaksipa, Kurukullā, Āṭavaka, Mahāmāyūrī, Mahākrodharāja, Sadākṣara, Vairocana, Akṣobhya, Viśvavajrī, Manjushri, Hayagriva, Yamantaka, Trailokyavijaya, Acala, Guanyin
- aspect of
- Vidyārāja
- manifests as
- Vajrasattva, Vairochana
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“An iconographic depiction known as the "Two-Headed Rāgarāja" (両頭愛染, Ryōzu Aizen or Ryōtō Aizen) shows Acala combined with the wisdom king Rāgarāja (Aizen).”
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“Other important Wisdom Kings include Ucchuṣma Hayagriva Āṭavaka Rāgarāja”
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“At various periods throughout Japanese history, Rāgarāja was invoked as a patron and symbol of homoerotic male desire. While it is ahistorical to ascribe a "gay" self-identification to historical figures, clear examples of Rāgarāja's patronage of men having intimate sexual relations”
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“Rāgarāja (Chinese: 愛染明王; pinyin: Àirǎn Míngwáng; Japanese pronunciation: Aizen Myōō) - A vidyaraja considered to transform worldly lust and sexual passion into pathways to spiritual awakening; manifestation of the bodhisattva Vajrasattva and/or the buddha Vairochana.”
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