Rigden Magagpa, Rigden Magakpa: 2 definitions

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Rigden Magagpa means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beings

Rigden Magagpa in Tibetan is another name for Aniruddha—one of the “Twenty-Five Kalkis” (Tibetan: rigs ldan) as well as the “Thirty-two kings of Shambhala”, according to the Tibetan oral recounting and written texts such as the Kalachakra Tantra (kālacakratantra), dealing with the Buddhist conception of the end of the world and time.—The Tibetan mythic land (the kingdom of Shambhala) is a parallel world invisible and inaccessible to common people which is closely related to the teaching about the Wheel of Time (dus 'khor). The seven Dharmarajas and twenty-five Kulikas [e.g., rigden magagpa] are the traditional rulers of Shambhala, passing on the reign from father to son.

Source: MUNI Arts: Kalachakra and the twenty-five Kulika kings of Shambhala

Rigden Magagpa refers to one of the Twenty-five Kulikas as well as one of the traditional Shambhala rulers.—His attributes are a hook (Sanskrit aṅkuśa; Tibetan: chagkyu [lcags kyu]) and noose (Sanskrit: pāśa; Tibetan: zhagpa [zhags pa]). .

Rigden Magagpa is known in Tibetan (wylie) as rigs ldan ma 'gags pa; and in Sanskrit as: Kulika Aniruddha.

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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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