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As such, Vajravarahi manifests in the colors of white, yellow, red, green, blue, and black. She is a popular deity in Tibetan Buddhism, and in the Nyingma school she is the consort of Hayagriva, the wrathful form of Avalokiteshvara. [4] She is also associated with the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, where she is paired in yab-yum with the Heruka ...
Palden Lhamo ("Glorious Goddess", [1] [2] Tibetan: དཔལ་ལྡན་ལྷ་མོ།, Wylie: dpal ldan lha mo, Lhasa dialect: [pantɛ̃ l̥amo], Sanskrit: Śrīdēvī) [3] or Shri Devi is a tantric Buddhist goddess who appears in various forms. [4] She usually appears as a wrathful deity with a primary role as a dharmapala. She is ...
Pages in category "Female buddhas and supernatural beings" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Independent of whether she is classified as a deity, a Buddha, or a bodhisattva, Tārā remains very popular in Tibet (and Tibetan communities in exile in Northern India), Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and is worshiped in many Buddhist communities throughout the world (though in East Asian Buddhism, Guanyin is the most popular female deity).
She is popular in many Buddhist countries and is a subject in Buddhist legends and art. Originally an Indian bodhisattva, her popularity has spread to Theravadin countries. Her popularity, however, peaks in Nepal, where she has a strong following among the Buddhist Newars of the Kathmandu Valley and is thus a central figure in Newar Buddhism. [12]
Great mandala of the Tôji imperial temple in Kyoto. Buddhism includes a wide array of divine beings that are venerated in various ritual and popular contexts. Initially they included mainly Indian figures such as devas, asuras and yakshas, but later came to include other Asian spirits and local gods (like the Burmese nats and the Japanese kami).
Prajñāpāramitā Devī was a popular deity in the Mahāyāna Buddhism of Cambodia's Khmer Empire (c. 802-1431), a Southeast Asian empire which supported Mahāyāna for generations. [ 32 ] Numerous Prajñāpāramitā Devī statues survive in Cambodia and many of them are quite different from the South Asian depictions of the deity.
Sanbō Kōjin (三寶荒神) is a deity who is believed in some Buddhist circles to be an alternate form of the Ten Rākṣasīs. The Gogikuden 御義口傳 of Nichiren Buddhism explains that while he is not a follower of the Lotus Sutra, he remains a protector deity for those who are.