Vajrapani Thangka 33"x41" Vendor_Bero Jeydren (Physical Texts) personification of primordial consciousness

personification of primordial consciousness

a concise treatise by the eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist philosopher Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo

known as a Kapala in Sanskrit

Here he has his characteristic big belly and is holding a jewel-disgorging mongoose in his left hand

and meditative absorption— elements that form the core of development stage meditation

Vajrapani Thangka 33"x41" Vendor_Bero Jeydren (Physical Texts) personification of primordial consciousnessBeautiful hand painted thangka from Nepal depicting the guardian bodhisattva of the Vajrayana, Vajrapani. His name means "the vajra holder," for he holds all the hidden teachings of the secret mantra tradition. He carries a snake lasso to bind the demon of self cherishing the second it arises. Vajrapani stands in a swirling inferno of wisdom fire which incinerates the causes of all obscuration and disease. This iconography is suitable for the practice