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VajrapāNi : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
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(‘he who holds a vajra in his hand’) Originally, in the earliest Buddhist period, a kind of protective spirit accompanying → Gautama; later, reckoned as one of the eight great → Bodhisattvas, and as an emanation of →...
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VajrapāNi : Buddhist Terms
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One of the Dhyāni-Bodhisattvas (q.v.). Wielder of the Vajra, or Diamond Sceptre. The Tibetan name for the Indian God, Indra. Also a title of advanced initiates in Tibetan...
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Vajrapāṇi Summary
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VAJRAPĀṆI. "As for Vajrapāṇi … I confess to finding him by far the most interesting divine being throughout the whole history of Buddhism, for he has a personal history and considerable personal...
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Vajrapāṇi (from Sanskrit vajra, "thunderbolt" or "diamond" and pāṇi, lit. "in the hand") is one of the earliest bodhisattvas of Mahayana Buddhism. He is the protector and guide of the Buddha, and rose to symbolize the Buddha's power. Vajrapani was...


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Second retreat: knife-sharpening at Vajrapani.(poem)
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Day One The jay with his chatter like the trees with their gesticulations cannot communicate except by becoming silent the times he comes up close hoping to share breakfast Day One: Stone to clean this stone drop...


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