Vajrabhairava
deity single tradition · 2
Vajrabhairava is a yidam. Disciples visualize themselves as Vajrabhairava and invoke and control Shugden.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 900 CE
- Attested period
- 900 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Tantras revealed to Lalitavajra in Oddiyana in the tenth century.
Relationships
- aspect of
- Bhairavas
- served by
- Shugden
- student of
- Lalitavajra
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“the disciples visualize themselves as the yidam Vajrabhairava and as such invoke and control Shugden.”
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“The various buddhist forms of Bhairava (variously called Herukas, Vajrabhairava, Mahākāla and Yamantaka) are considered fierce deities and yidams (tantric meditational deity) in Tibetan Buddhism. They also have their own set of Buddhist tantras, the Vajrabhairava tantras.”
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