Subject: Five Mandalas of Five Deities (Dusum Khyenpa)
Karmapa Dusum KhyenpaFive Mandalas of Five Deities:
- Five Deity Vajravarahi Mandala
- Five Deity Chakrasamvara Mandala
- Five Deity Hevajra Mandala
- Five Deity Shvana Hayagriva Mandala
- Five Deity Green Tara Mandala
Videos:
- Vajravarahi HAR 94 (Part 1)
- Vajravarahi HAR 94 (Part 2)
- Five Mandalas of Five Deities
Shvana Hayagriva with four attendants. He has three faces and four arms drawing a bow with the first pair of hands. The second pair hold a vajra scepter and lotus blossom. Shvana Hayagriva originates with the Jowo Atisha tradition.
Green Tara Five Deity Mandala with the accompanying retinue figures of Marichi, Maha Mayuri, Janguli, and Ekajati. This configuration of deities is found in the Ocean of Methods of Accomplishment (Sadhansagara, folio 34). Another form of the Five Deity Green Tara with the figures of Pratisara, Marichi, Varahi and Ekajati is found in the Rinjung Gyatsa of Taranata.
Lineage: Vajradhara, Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa (1012-1097), Milarepa (1040-1123), Dwagpo Sonam Rinchen, Lord Dusum Khyenpa (1110-1193), Rechen, Pom Dragpa, Karma Pakshi (1206-1283), etc.
Jeff Watt, 2-2024
