Buddhist Deity: Guhyasamaja (Nyingma)
Guhyasamaja IconographySubjects, Topics & Types:
- Description (below)
- Three faces, six arms (consort: one face, two arms)
- Five faces, ten arms (consort: one face, two arms)
- Kama (Oral Tradition)
- Terma (Revealed Treasure)
- Confusions
- Others...
Video: Guhyasamaja: Nyingma
In the Nyingma Kama Tradition said to be Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras, according to the systems of Longchenpa Drime Ozer and Patrul Rinpoche. According to Longchenpa the Guhyasamaja (thugs kyi thugs rgyud gsang ba 'dus pa) belongs to the Enlightened Mind section of the Eighteen Tantras. In the system of Patrul Rinpoche, Guhyasamaja belongs to the group of Five Major Tantras along with Buddhasamayoga, Shrichandraguhyatilika, Shriparamadya and the Karmamala.
Several later forms of Guhyasamaja can also be found in the 'Revealed Treasure' tradition of the Nyingma.
Jeff Watt, 3-2022
See an excellent study of the Guhyasamaja tantra:
Enacting Perfection: Buddhajnanapada's Vision of a Tantric Buddhist World. Catherine Dalton. University of California, Berkeley, 2019.
