Yidam
deity hyperspace Vajrayana single tradition · 3
Yidam is a tutelary deity in Tibetan Buddhism.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Lord Guan, Mazu, Tudigong, Chenghuangshen, iṣṭadevatā, Ishta-deva, Buddha-figures, fierce protectors, Padmasambhava, Tilopa, Atua, hanitu, Hyang, Kaitiaki, Kawas, Tiki, Dakini, Taras
- manifests as
- Chakrasamvara, Kalachakra, Hevajra, Yamantaka, Vajrayogini
- syncretized with
- tutelary deity
- has aspect
- Kalachakra, Vajrayogini
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Tibetan Buddhism has Yidam as a tutelary deity.”
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“... a yidam, a personal meditational deity, a potent ritual symbol simultaneously representing the mind of the guru and lineage of enlightened teachers, and the enlightened mind of the tantric practitioner. Recognizing the inseparability of these two is the ground of tantric practice.”
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“The practices themselves usually present Tārā as a tutelary deity (thug dam, yidam) which the practitioners sees as being a latent aspect of one's mind, or a manifestation in a visible form of a quality stemming from Buddha Jnana. As John Blofeld puts it in The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet:”
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