Mahasiddha Tilopa (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Mahasiddha Tilopa and Dorje Shugden Figure: Mahasiddha Tilopa (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Drubchen Tilopa (Tibetan) The Mahasiddha Tilopa was one of the earlier lineage masters of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was Indian and was ordained as a monk at the temple of Somapuri in Bengal....
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Guhya Manjushri (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Guhya Manjushri and Dorje Shugden Deity: Guhya Manjushri (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Jampel Sang Den (Tibetan) Manjushri is the patron Buddha of Wisdom. The text that he holds is symbolic of his practice granting wisdom, insight and merit. Both the main figure and the smaller figure above is...
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Five Visions of Lama Tsongkhapa (Main figures) (Top to bottom): Five Visions of Lama Tsongkhapa and Dorje Shugden Figures: Five Visions of Lama Tsongkhapa Alternative name: Je Zig Pa Nga (Tibetan) It was said that after Lama Tsongkhapa entered clear light, Khedrub Je would often make requests to him for guidance and inspiration. On...
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Sukkhasiddhi (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Sukkhasiddhi and Dorje Shugden Deity: Sukkhasiddhi Vajra Yogini (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Kha Drod Kar Mo (Tibetan); Sita Kechari (Sanskrit) The Vajra Yogini Tantras originally arose from within the Chakrasamvara Tantras and across time as well as great lineage masters, there have arisen various Vajra Yogini lineages like the...
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Mahasiddha Kukkuripa (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Vajra Yogini, Kukkuripa and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Naro Kechari Vajra Yogini (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Dorje Neljorma (Tibetan) This form of Vajra Yogini arose from a pure vision beheld by the Indian Mahasiddha Naropa, hence her name Naro Kechari (or Naropa’s Dakini). This form of Vajra Yogini and...
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Ra Lotsawa Dorje Drakpa (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Yamantaka, Ra Lotsawa Dorje Drakpa and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Yamantaka (Sankrit) Alternative names: Vajrabhairava (Sanskrit); Shinje She (Tibetan); Dorje Jigje (Tibetan) Yamantaka or Vajrabhairava is the manifestation of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Stainless Wisdom. From amongst the many lineages of practices to enter Tibet, the...
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White Manjushri (Main figure) (Top to bottom): White Manjushri and Dorje Shugden Deity: White Manjushri Alternative names: Jampel Karpo (Tibetan); Sita Manjushri (Sanskrit); Siddhaikavira (Sanskrit); White Arapachana Manjushri (English) Manjushri is the patron Buddha of Wisdom. In his right hand, he holds a flaming wisdom sword which cuts away the roots of ignorance from...
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H.H. the 1st Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Gampopa Sonam Rinchen, 1st Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa, Mahakala Bernagchen and Dorje Shugden. Figure: Gampopa Sonam Rinchen (Tibetan) Alternative name: Dakpo Lharje (Tibetan) The name ‘Gampopa’ (1079–1153) literally means ‘the man from Gampo’ and he was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher from the Kagyu tradition....
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Pal Lhamo (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Pal Lhamo and Dorje Shugden Deity: Pal Lhamo (Tibetan) Alternative name: Sri Lakshmi (Sanskrit) Pal Lhamo is otherwise known as Sri Lakshmi. She is the peaceful emanation of Palden Lhamo Dudsolma, one of the principal female protectors of Tibetan Buddhism. Pal Lhamo is depicted with a third...
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35 Confessional Buddhas (Main figures) (Top to bottom): 35 Confessional Buddhas and Dorje Shugden Deities: 35 Confessional Buddhas Alternative name: Sheg Lha So Nga (Tibetan) The 35 Confessional Buddhas were first mentioned within ‘The Sutra of the Three Heaps’ which is known in Sanskrit as the Triskhandhadharmasutra, or briefly the Triskandha Sutra. This treatise...
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Buddha Shakyamuni (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, the Sixteen Arhats and Dorje Shugden. Figure: Buddha Shakyamuni Alternative Name: Sangye Shakya Tubpa (Tibetan) Shakyamuni is the historical Buddha who founded Buddhism in ancient India about 2,500 years ago. After an exhaustive search, he finally attained perfect and complete enlightenment under the Bodhi tree...
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H.H. the 5th Dalai Lama (Main figure) (Top to bottom): H.H. the 4th Panchen Lama, H.H. the 5th Dalai Lama, Palden Lhamo and Dorje Shugden. Figure: His Holiness the 4th Panchen Lama Lobsang Chokyi Gyeltsen The Panchen Lama line of incarnations are believed to be emanations of Amitabha, the Buddha of Boundless Light. Amitabha...
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Two-Armed Heruka (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Two-Armed Heruka and Dorje Shugden Deity: Heruka Chakrasamvara (Sanskrit) Alternative name: He Ru Ka Pa Chig (Tibetan) Heruka is the principal deity of the Chakrasamvara Tantras. He is a meditational Buddha of the Highest Yoga Tantra classification, which means that his practice has the potential to bring...
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Buddha Amitabha and Kuan Yin (Main figures) (Top to bottom): Amituofo, Kuan Yin and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Amituofo (Chinese) Alternative names: Buddha Amitabha (Sanskrit), Opagme (Tibetan) Amitabha practice is very strong both in Tibet and China. In China there are many schools of Amitabha practice as it is known to be very efficacious. Chinese...
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Three Saints of the Western Pureland (Main figures) (Top to bottom): Amituofo, Dashizhi, Kuan Yin and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Amituofo (Chinese) Alternative names: Buddha Amitabha (Sanskrit), Opagme (Tibetan) Amitabha practice is very strong both in Tibet and China. In China there are many schools of Amitabha practice as it is known to be very...
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Brahmarupa Mahakala (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Brahmarupa Mahakala and Dorje Shugden Deity: Brahmarupa Mahakala (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Gonpo Tramsuk (Tibetan) Brahmarupa literally means the “One in the Brahmin Form”. Portrayed as a dark-skinned Indian yogi, Brahmarupa is a form of Four-Faced Mahakala, an emanation of Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom. He is considered...
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Fasting Buddha Shakyamuni (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Fasting Buddha Shakyamuni, Sujata and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Fasting Buddha Shakyamuni (Sanskrit) Alternative Name: Sangye Shakya Tubpa (Tibetan) Shakyamuni is the historical Buddha who founded Buddhism in ancient India about 2,500 years ago. After an exhaustive search, he finally attained perfect and complete enlightenment under the...
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Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen, Manjushri and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen (Tibetan) Alternative name: Sapan (Abbreviated Tibetan Name) Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen is believed to have been an emanation of Manjushri, the Buddha of Transcendent Wisdom. In addition, he is counted as the...
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Dharmadhatu Vagishvara Manjushri (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Dharmadhatu Vagishvara Manjushri and Dorje Shugden Deity: Dharmadhatu Vagishvara Manjushri (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Choying Sungwang (Tibetan) Manjushri is the patron Buddha of Wisdom. In one of his right hands, he holds a flaming wisdom sword which cuts away the roots of ignorance from our lives and...
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Manjushri Namasamgiti (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Manjushri Namasamgiti and Dorje Shugden Deity: Manjushri Namasamgiti (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Jampel Yang Tsenjod (Tibetan) Manjushri is the patron Buddha of Wisdom. In one of his right hands, he holds a flaming wisdom sword which cuts away the roots of ignorance from our lives and in one...
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