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Buddhist Deity: Amaravajra Devi

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Amaravajra Devi 'Deathless Vajra Goddess' (Tibetan: chi me dor je lha mo) is a long-life deity arising from the Chakrasamvara cycle of Tantras. She is slightly wrathful, white in colour, with eight faces and sixteen hands. Amaravajra Devi also belongs to the set of 'Thirteen Golden Dharmas' of the Sakya tradition and included in the large compendium of deity practices 'Rinjung Gyatso' composed by Jonang Taranata. The lineage of Amaravajra is the same as for Armor Vajrasattva Chakrasamvara.

Lineage Teachers: 'Vajradhara, Ghantapa, Kumarapada, Jalandhara, Krishnacharin, Guhyapa, Vijyapa, Tilopa, Naropa, Prajna Rakshita, Sumati Kirti, Mal Lotsawa Lodro Drag, Five Superiors of Sakya, Mangkhar Lotsawa, Palden Sengge, The Omniscient Buton, Palden Lama, Jangchub Sengge, Sharpa, Ngorchen, Guge Panchen, Lowo Khenchen, Jetsun Drolchog, Je Sanggye Yeshe, Je Jampa'i Lhundrub, Taranata.' (Folio 273-274).

Jeff Watt 5-2003 [updated 6-2017, 2-2020]


bod brgyud nang bstan lha tshogs chen mo bzhugs so, 2001. ISBN 7-5420-0816-1. Page 674.