Six Armed Mahakala
Protector of Gelukpa
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Six Armed Mahakala
Protector of Gelukpa
Artist: Nima Dorje Lama
https://lw.dev.ursaminor.com/product/six-armed-mahakala/
Je Tsong Khapa
Founder of the Gelukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism, and Ganden monastery born in Amdo.
Life: (1357-1419 C.E.)
Mid 15th cent.
Central Tibet
Cleveland Museum of Art
gelukpa
bkra shis lhun po - seat of the Panchen Lama, Gelukpa Monastery [RY]
khal kha rje btsun dam pa - Bogdo Gegen [the Incarnated Lama of Mongolia]; Gelukpa high tulku, 1st incarnation said to be dge slong Taranatha [RY]
khrid chen brgyad - A) the eight great instructions; [teachings by {'gro mgon gtsang pa rgya ras}. B) The eight great transmissions, teachings of the Gelukpa tradition. A. {phyag chen khrid chen brgyad} The eight great transmissions on the Great Seal 1) {bla ma sku gsum gyi khrid} teaching on guru and the three bodies of a Buddha. 2) {byams snying rje'i khrid} teaching on love and compassion. 3) {rgyu 'bras rten 'brel gyi khrid} teaching on causality and dependent origination. 4) {lnga ldan bdud rtsi thigs pa'i khrid} the drop of nectar-like five fold teachings on the Great Seal. 5) {lhan cig skyes sbyor gyi khrid} teaching on simultaneous and unification. 6) {nA ro chos drug gi khrid} teaching on six yogas of Naropa. {na ro chos drug}. 7) {chos brgyad mgo snyoms kyi grid} teaching on subduing the eight worldly concerns [see. {'jig rten chos brgyad}. 8) {gsang spyod ldog sgom gyi khrid} teaching on the reversed method of meditation on secret mantra doctrine. C) {lam rim ! khrid chen brgyad} The eight great texts on the graded path. {lam rim}. 1) {lam rim chen mo} The great. 2) {lam rim 'bring} The medium. 3) {lam rim chung ngu nyams mgur} The abbreviated texts of Tsong Khapa. 4) {lam rim gser zhun ma} Refined Gold by the Third Dalai Lama, S?nam Gyatso [1543-1588]. 5) {lam rim 'jam dpal zhal lung} The Instruction from Manjushri by the Fifth Dalai Lama Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso [1617-1682]. 6) {lam rim bde lam} The Convenient Path by the First Panchen Lama, Lobsang Ch?gyan [1570-1662]. 7) {lam rim myur lam} The Quick Path by the Second Panchen Lama, Lobsang yeshe [1663-1737]. 8, lam rim legs gsung nying khu} The essence of Elegant Sayings by Dakpo Ngawang Drakpa [RY]
khrus sgo dgon pa - Gelukpa monastery built near {khrus sgo lho} [RY]
khrus sgo lho - The Southern Gate of the Thaw [on the shore of Lake Manarasovar]; thus called because this is the last area of the lake to become frozen and is the first to thaw. It normally freezes at the beginning of the twelfth Tibetan month and thaws at the beginning of the third month. The Gelukpa monastery built on that shore took this name {khrus sgo dgon pa}.[MR] [RY]
dga' ldan - 1) happy, joyful. 2) Tushita Heaven, the Joyous Land, the fourth heaven in the realm of desire gods. 3) Ganden [Monastery], a large monastery of the Gelukpa order near Lhasa in Central Tibet. 4) the dwelling place of {byams pa} [RY]
dga' ldan snyan rgyud - oral lineage in the Gelukpa tradition [RY]
dge ldan bka' brgyud - 1) the virtuous kagyu; 2) ri bo dge lugs pa'i grub mtha' gelukpa doctrine [R] [IW]
dge ldan bka' brgyud - 1) the virtuous kagyu; 2) ri bo dge lugs pa'i grub mtha' gelukpa doctrine [n of 1st Geluk monastery, synonymous w Gelukpa] [IW]
dge ldan pa - 1) virtuous; 2) Gelukpa dge lugs pa [IW]
dge ldan ring lugs - the ancient Gelukpa tradition of [IW]
dge lugs - Gelukpa school/lineage [IW]
dge lugs bstan pa - Gelukpa school [RY]
dge lugs pa - Gelukpa school/lineage [IW]
dge lugs pa - Gelukpa, followers of the Gelug school / lineage. [founded by Tsongkhapa]; Gelukpa; earlier school of Kadampa. Syn {bka' gdams pa} [RY]
dge lugs pa - Gelukpa school/lineage [founded by Tsongkhapa, rje tzong kha pa blo bzang grags pa/ mdo sngags bshad sgrub zung 'brel gyi ring lugs, w yellow robes and hats = zhva ser pa] [IW]
dge lugs pa - Gelukpa, one of the four main lineages of Tibetan Buddhism [RY]
rgal tse - large monastery in Central Tibet, Gelukpa [RY]
mnga' ri grwa tshang - Ngari Dratsang; A large Gelukpa monastery built in 1541 under the auspices of the Second Dalai Lama Gend?n Gyatso. It stands like a fortress on an eminence dominating the entrance of the Yon Valley [RY]
co ne dgon chen - co ne Monastery [according to the command of 'gro mgon chos rgyal 'phags pa, by a sakya lama in the 5th wood sheep year da lta kan lho founded in co ne rdzong a large sakya monastery, in the 8th earth rabbit year chos rje rin chen lhun po changed it to a Gelukpa monastery, in the 12th wood horse year co ne grags pa bshad sgrub kyis der founded a mtshan nyid grva tshang, in the earth bird year a tantra college, meanwhile la bka' bstan 'gyur wee printed and cha tsang ba zhig bzhengs yod] [IW]
chos lugs che khag bzhi - the four main sects in Tibet [Gelukpa, Kagy?pa, Sakyapa, Nyingmapa.] [RY]
chos lugs che khag bzhi - the four main sects in Tibet [Gelukpa, kagyupa, Sakyapa, Nyingmapa] [IW]
gdan sa gsum - the three great monasteries of the Gelukpa sect (Sera, Drepung, and Ganden) [JV]
gdan sa gsum - the three seats/pillars [the three great Gelukpa monasteries drepung, sera and ganden] [IW]
gdan sa gsum - the three great monasteries of the Gelukpa Sect [Drepung, Sera and Ganden]. three pillars of Buddhism. [Ganden, Sera and Drepung] [RY]
pre ta pu ri - Pretapuri; Seventy-five kilometers west of Darchen, Pretapuri is one of the most sacred of the eight Underground Abodes (sa 'og gi gnas brgyad, see note 10). Vajra Varahi is the chief deity of the place. According to the Padma Katang (padma bka' thang, chap. 6), the subjugation of Rudra took place at Pretapuri. This site has also been blessed by Guru Padmasambhava and many other saints. Khyung Lung Monastery is located about thirty kilometers west of Pretapuri. It initially followed the B?npo tradition and later turned to the Gelukpa school. [MR] [RY]
spu rang bshad 'phel gling - Purang Shephel Ling; also {spu hreng bshad 'phel gling}, the main Gelukpa monastery in Purang [RY]
spu hreng bshad 'phel gling - Purang Shephel Ling; also {spu rang bshad 'phel gling}, the main Gelukpa monastery in Purang [RY]
phyad drug pa - 1) six armed Mahakala [a protector of the Shangpa Kagyu and Gelukpa lineages]; 2) constant, firm, perservering; 3) always, continually, perpetually) [IW]
phyad drug pa - six arm Mahakala, a protector of the Shangpa Kagy? and Gelukpa lineages, constant, firm, persevering, always, continually, perpetually [RY]
bon ri - "B?n Mountain", in the north-east, a seat of the Gelukpa school. It was founded by the great meditator Khedrub Lobsang Norbu (mkhas grub blo bzang nor bu) on B?nri, the hill which Milarepa had given to Naro B?nchung as a dwelling place after winning the ownership of Mt Kailash in a contest of miracles. one of the eight monasteries around Manasarovar. [MR] [RY]
'bras dkar spungs - Drepung [lit "[white] rice heap" major gelukpa monastery in Lhasa] [IW]
'bras spungs - Drepung One of the three main Gelukpa monasteries, located north of Lhasa [RY]
'bras spungs - Drepung [lit "rice heap" major gelukpa monastery in lhasa] [IW]
smad 'dul - regulations of the 'dul ba observed in khams amdo, lower lineage of vinaya from Buddha primarily followed by nyingmapas and gelukpas [JV]
zhwa ser - tradition established by bu ston rin chen grub and later spread by Tsongkhapa as Gelukpa btsun zhwa. [IW]
zhwa ser - yellow hat tradition [established by bu ston rin chen grub and later spread by Tsongkhapa as Gelukpa btsun zhwa] [IW]
zhwa ser cod pan 'chang ba'i lugs - tradition wearing the yellow hat, Gelukpa [IW]
zhwa ser cod pan 'chang ba'i lugs - yellow hat tradition, Gelukpa [IW]
zhwa ser ba - as a yellow hat was worn by the former vinaya holdersd and and later after the vinaya was reformed by Tsongkhapa by him hence called Gelukpa yellow hat [IW]
zhwa ser ba - as a yellow hat was worn by the former vinaya holders and later after the vinaya was reformed by Tsongkhapa by him hence called Gelukpa yellow hat [IW]
rwa sgreng - Reting (Rinpoche); Reting Monastery, the first Kadampa monastery later became Gelukpa [RY]
bsod nams rgya mtsho - Sonam Gyatso [3rd Dalai Lama. born in the 9th rab byung's water rabbit year on dbus stod lung khang gsar gong du, at four recognized as reincarnation of dge 'dun rgya mtsho, in the 9th rabjung's water mouse year made abbot of Drepung monastery, rab byung dgu pa'i sa rta lor se ra'i mkhan po mdzad, in the 11th fire ox year went to mtsho sngon and mdo khams, phebs lam zhor du founded sku 'bum monastery. in the 10th iron dragon year mdo khams su bskyod nas, founded li thang monastery, by the king of Mongolia aal than rgyal pos invited to Mongolia, spread gelukpa dharma. aal than Khan give him the title Dalai Lama ocean lama, by which the incarnations have since been known. in the 10th earth mouse year by the t' ming dynasty emperor dban li, t' la'i bsod nams rgya mtshor t' go shri dang gyog ching shri rank having bestowed on him though he commanded hom to go to Peking, unable to go, he died in Mongolia thu med sa char, (1543-1588).. 552, 1558, 1577! , 1580 [IW]
Ganden Gonpa Tibet by reurinkjan on Flickr.
New Astrology Gelukpa "Light of the Sun", Tibet, XIX century. Storage of Oriental Manuscripts Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies. Buryatia, Ulan-Ude
Новая астрология Гелукпы "Свет Солнца", Тибет, XIX век. Хранилище восточных рукописей Института монголоведения, буддологии и тибетологии Сибирского отделения Российской академии наук. Бурятия, Улан-Удэ