Guest guest Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 Len/Kalipadma wrote: > Isn't Vajrayogini a Tibetan Goddess? Yes, she's a Tibetan Dakini, an Enlightened Boddishatva that can be used as a focus by followers of Vajrayana Buddhism. Vajrayogini is nearly identical to Chinnamasta, one of the 10 Mahavidya's of the Shakti Sadhana tradition. Actually there is a lot of historic cross cultural exchanges between the Tantric Vajrayana Buddhism of Tibet and Nepal and the the Bengali Tantric Shakti practices. Here's a neat page on Vajrayogini: http://www.yoniversum.nl/dakini/vajrayogini.html My two cents about the Buddhism/Hinduism thing: "Truth Is One, The Rsi's Call It By Many Names." I really don't understand the negativity and the hostility directed towards another one of the great native faiths of Bharat. We have a lot to learn from our Buddhist cousins, and they have a lot to learn from us. No one path has discovered "THE TRUTH" - humanity is in the process of discovery! May we all know the Bliss of the Devi's Pure Consciousness! -Santo Om Shantih Shantih Shantih. Quote
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 There are also Buddhist worshippers of Chinnamasta. Buddhist Dakini iconography all have knives which cut through conceptualization, and often a skull cup to portray the nectar of realization, otherwise known as bodhicitta. - Santo Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:34 AM Vajrayogini and Chinnamasta. Len/Kalipadma wrote: > Isn't Vajrayogini a Tibetan Goddess? Yes, she's a Tibetan Dakini, an Enlightened Boddishatva that can be used as a focus by followers of Vajrayana Buddhism. Vajrayogini is nearly identical to Chinnamasta, one of the 10 Mahavidya's of the Shakti Sadhana tradition. Actually there is a lot of historic cross cultural exchanges between the Tantric Vajrayana Buddhism of Tibet and Nepal and the the Bengali Tantric Shakti practices. Here's a neat page on Vajrayogini: http://www.yoniversum.nl/dakini/vajrayogini.html My two cents about the Buddhism/Hinduism thing: "Truth Is One, The Rsi's Call It By Many Names." I really don't understand the negativity and the hostility directed towards another one of the great native faiths of Bharat. We have a lot to learn from our Buddhist cousins, and they have a lot to learn from us. No one path has discovered "THE TRUTH" - humanity is in the process of discovery! May we all know the Bliss of the Devi's Pure Consciousness! -Santo Om Shantih Shantih Shantih. / b.. c.. Quote
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