Eight celestial abodes: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Rigpa Shedra: WikiThe Eight Celestial Abodes (in Sanskrit khagacarya; Tibetan: mkha' spyod) form part of the Twenty-four Great Sacred Places (Tibetan: gnas chen nyer bzhi) according to the Cakrasaṃvaratantra (Chakrasamvara Tantra). In the Nyingma tradition, Jigme Lingpa's Yumka Dechen Gyalmo has incorporated this enumeration. Furthermore, Jigme Lingpa says that “as regards these places, they are entirely present internally, within our own body”.
The Eight Celestial Abodes are thus defined as follows:
- The crown of the head is Jālandhara,
- in between the eyebrows is Pullīramalaya,
- the nape is Arbuda,
- the urna (the hair at the center of the forehead) is Rāmeśvara,
- the right ear is Oḍḍiyāna,
- the left ear is Godāvarī,
- the eyes are Devīkoṭa, and
- the shoulders are Mālava.
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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