Buddhist Deity: Guhyasamaja Religious Context
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Guhyasamaja (Secret Assembly) is a Buddhist meditational deity that arises from the Guhyasamaja root text Sarva Tathagata Kaya Vag Chitta Rahasya Guhyasamaja Nama Maha Kalpa Raja Tantra (4th-5th century C.E.). There are three principal forms of the deity; Akshobhyavajra (Unshakable Vajra), Manjuvajra (Melodious Speech Vajra) and Lokeshvara (Lord of the World). The Manjuvajra form arises from a separate text, Shri Vajra Hridaya Lamkara Tantra-nama, related to the root tantra. The first two forms, Akshobhya and Manjuvajra, come down primarily through the three lineages of Acharya Abhayakaragupta, Nyen Lotsawa and Marpa Lotsawa. The red Lokeshvara form was popularized by Atisha Dipamkara. View a 3-dimensional paper model of the Guhyasamaja mandala. Some glosses on the Guhyasamaja by Giuseppe Tucci from Melanges Chinois et Bouddhiques, Vol.3. 1934-35, P.339-353.
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84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
Toh 442. Guhyasamāja. གསང་བ་འདུས་པ། · gsang ba 'dus pa/
Toh 443. The Supplementary Tantra. རྒྱུད་ཕྱི་མ། · rgyud phyi ma/
Toh 444. The Tantra, the Prophecy of the Intent. དགོངས་པ་ལུང་བསྟན་པའི་རྒྱུད། · saṃdhivyākaraṇatantra.
Enacting Perfection: Buddhajnanapada's Vision of a Tantric Buddhist World. Catherine Dalton. University of California, Berkeley, 2019.
Interpreting the Vajra Rosary: Truth and Methods Meets Wisdom and Method. David Kittay. 2011.
The Vajra Rosary Tantra: An Explanatory Tantra of the Esoteric Community Tantra. Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences. Lozang Jamspal and David R. Kittay. 2020.
A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages: Teachings on Guhyasamaja Tantra. Library of Tibetan Classics. Je Tsongkhapa, Thupten Jinpa. Apr 16, 2013.
Paths and Grounds of Guhyasamaja According to Arya Nagarjuna. Yangchen Gawai Lodoe. 2008.
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