Mandala Deities in the Nispannayogavali
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 2016, Vajra Books, Nepal
pages: 150
ISBN-10: 9937623545
ISBN-13: 9789937623544
Topic: Tibetan-buddhism
Samvaramandala
samvara-mandala
This chapter describes the structure of the Samvaramandala and the deities found therein. Chapter 12 is located on 52 in the book Mandala Deities in the Nispannayogavali compiled by Musashi Tachikawa, Makiko Ito, Takeshi Kameyama. The Nispannayogavali is an 11th century Sanskrit written by Abhayakaragupta (an abbot of the Vikramasila Monastery). It became popular in Nepal, Tibet and India and contains mandalas whose deities are found scattered throughout the Kathmandu Valley.
This book (describing the samvara-mandala) also contains illustrations done by Gautam Ratna Vajracarya as well as English translation of relevant passages from the Nispannayogavali (Nishpannayogavali). Since the Nispannayogavali has been used as one of the most basic sources for Buddhist iconography, this book is useful for researchers of that particular field of study.Full contents not available online!
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Samvaramandala” according to 44 books dealing with Buddhism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) [by George N. Roerich]
In general, bu ston rin po che was the holder of seven different Lineages of initiations into the Cycle of Samvara. Bu ston rin po che (bu ston) composed an exposition of the system of lu yi pa , and its mandala rite . He also composed a commentary called khrul spong on the Shri-Cakrasamvara-sadhana-nama and a commentary on both the bde mchog rtsa ba i rgyud and the Yogini-sancarya . He also wrote on the mandala rite of Samvara ....
Read full contents: Chapter 5 - Cakrasamvara
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas [by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw]
From the above descriptions of five kinds of Samvara Sila and Avitikkama Sila, it could be inferred that, in essence, Patimokkha Samvara Sila means a group of mental factors (cetasikas) including volition and the three abstentions of non-greed (alobha), non-hate (adosa) and non-delusion (amoha): Sati Samvara means the mental factor of Sati, mindfulness (which is also accompanied by volition); Nana Samvara means the mental factor of wisdom (which is also accompanied by volition); Khanti Samvara means...
Read full contents: Notes (a): What Is Morality?
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) [by Gyurme Dorje]
[Empowerment into the Supreme Mandala (332. 5-349. 5):] The first part has two subdivisions, namely, the empowerment into the mandala of the female consort and the empowerment into the mandala of the male consort. [Empowerment into the Mandala of the Female Consort (332. 5-348. 6):] The former has three aspects, namely: the projection of the mandala and the rites of burnt offering; the making of offerings which are apparent but not inherently existing; and the actual entrance and empowerment....
Read full contents: Text 9.1 (Commentary)
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