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Lineage of Mahasiddha Drilbupa.
Lineage Transmission:
Buddha Vajradhara emanates in the form of
Chakrasamvara -> Indian Mahasiddha Drilbupa -> Lineage hold
by numbers of Mahasiddhas -> Palchen Galo Namgyal Dorje*, the
great Tibetan master and translator who brought many precious
teaching including this lineage from India to Tibet ->
after number of Lineage Holders -> -> -> Yongzin
& Choegon
Palchen Galo Namgyal Dorje, also widely known
as Ga Lotsawa is a great Tibetan mahasiddha and translator who
visited India and brought back many precious teachings to Tibet,
including this practice.
Heruka Chakrasamvara (Tib: Khorlo Dompa;
'Wheel of Perfect Bliss') is a tantric meditational deity (Yidam)
of the Highest Yoga Tantra (Anuttara) of Vajrayana Buddhism.
Chakrasamvara, along with Hevajra and
Vajrayogini, are the three main meditational Yidam practices of the
Kagyu Lineage.
There are many different forms of
Chakrasamvara appearing with different number of faces, hands, and
number of surrounding retinues. Although there are quite a
diversity in the Chakrasamvara lineages and practices, the
iconographical differences of the main deity are minor. Essentially
there is the 2-armed form and the 12-armed full form of
Chakrasamvara, embracing his consort Vajrayogini in union. Their
divine embrace is a metaphor for the union of great bliss and
emptiness (skilful means and wisdom), which are one and the same
essence.
The Two-Armed Heruka Chakrasamvara is the
essence form of Chakrasamvara. He appeared as a dark blue coloured
semi-wrathful deity, with one face, two arms, and three eyes. He
stands in alidha posture with his left leg bent, right extended
upon a golden sun disc and a multicoloured lotus. With his two arms
crossed before his heart he embraces his consort, Vajrayogini,
whilst holding a vajra and a bell in his right and left hands. He
wears a five-skull crown, the six bone ornaments, a loosened
tiger-skin loin-cloth, a garland of severed heads.
Mandala of Single Deity & Mandala
of 5 Deities
- mainly practice by individual practitioner
with higher faculty.
- practice of this Mandala will lead to
attainment of Ultimate Siddhis
Source of Siddhis (Accomplishments)
Two-armed Chakrasamvara is a meditation deity
mainly for those with higher faculty for which their mind is
relatively less complex and a simple form of deity is sufficient to
support their practices.
Chakrasamvara is the emanation of Buddha
Vajradhara and is the main meditation deity of Tantrayana. Most of
the famous 84 Indian Mahasiddhas attained perfect enlightenment
relying on this deity; and since the time when these Tantras were
introduced into Tibet many great Tibetan masters have also
accomplished perfect realizations through this practice.
As the saying goes:
Lama is the source of blessings (Tib: Jyin
lap gyi tsawa, Lama)
Yidam is the source of accomplishment
(Tib: Nyur drub gyi tsawa, Yidam)
Dakini is the source of activities (Tib:
Trinley gyi tsawa, Khandro)
Yidam practice is a very unique tantric
practice in which one transforms one's normal, samsaric worldly
experience of reality into an extraordinary experience of the true
state of all phenomena.
The practice of Yidam is a special and
profound method to quickly transform ordinary worldly deluded
appearances into enlightened appearances. To be more accurate, the
Yidam practice uncovers the actual state of ultimate appearances
which is primordially pure, empty of inherent existence and
unceasing. This purity and emptiness has always been there within
us, but is obscured and unseen due to our confused and deluded
mind.
Since this is not an ordinary deity practices,
but of tantric nature. It's crucial that one receive the details
instruction and initiations of these profound teachings directly
from an authentic teacher of a valid lineage when the time and
conditions are right.
*Palchen Galo Namgyal Dorje is one of
Choegon Rinpoche's previous lives.
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