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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka MaṇḍalaThe Bear (animal) is associated with the Yoginī (female deity) named Bhallī, being situated in the Medinīcakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, the medinīcakra refers to one of the three divisions of the dharma-puṭa (‘dharma layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs [viz., Bhallī] and Vīras are yellow in color; the shapes of their faces are in accordance with their names [e.g., Bear]; they have four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Starts with: Bear bind, Bear grass, Bearberry, Beard, Beard grass, Bearded cinquefoil, Bearded darnel, Bearded knotweed, Bearded oats, Bearded ryegrass, Bearded wheat, Beardless wheat, Beardlip penstemon, Beardtongue, Beargrass, Beargu, Bears ears, Bearsfoot hellebore.
Full-text (+2513): Riksha, Bhalluka, Vahaka, Sasahi, Suh, Accha, Acchabhalla, Ksham, Mallu, Vah, Bhalla, Hilalya, Kakabandhya, Dukkha, Samnahuka, Avaha, Dirgharoman, Bharati, Dridhadhur, Upanandhati.
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Verse 9.190 < [Section XXIV - Inheritance]
Verse 9.172 < [Section XXIII - The Twelve Kinds of Sons defined]
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Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 9.3.1 < [Section 3 - Third Tiruvaymoli (Or ayiramay)]
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Pasuram 8.10.1 < [Section 10 - Tenth Tiruvaymoli (Netumarku atimai)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
V. Loving-kindness and Compassion are pure among the Buddhas < [Chapter XLII - The Great Loving-kindness and the Great Compassion of the Buddhas]
The Ṛkṣapati-jātaka < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
Appendix 5 - The three times: Past (atīta), Future (anāgata), Present (pratyutpanna) < [Chapter XLI - The Eighteen Special Attributes of the Buddha]
Folklore of the Santal Parganas
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